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FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT.
Locations: LUDWIGSHAVEN LUDWIGSHAVEN Ludwigshafen, Germany
Mission date: 7 January 1944
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I.G. FARBEN PLANT. This element is composed of B-24s from 2nd Air Division.The bomber gunners of the entire formation of B-17s and B-24s claim 30-6-17 of attacking enemy aircraft. I.G. FARBEN PLANT. This is a combined formation of B-17s from 3rd Air Divis
Mission date: 7 January 1944
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Lieutenant Harold Roodman. Navigator, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down by FW 190 fighters near Orleans, France on 7 Jan 44 in B-24D #4241013 'Trouble N' Mind' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 7 January 1944
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Major Kenneth Caldwell. Co-Pilot, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down by FW 190 fighters near Orleans, France on 7 Jan 44 in B-24D #42-41013 'Trouble N' Mind' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 7 January 1944
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Staff Sergeant Elmer Kudej. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 7 January 1944 in B-24H #42-40990 'On the Ball. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Attacked by fighters on return from Ludwigshaven, GR setting
Died 7 January 1944
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Staff Sergeant John Stainker. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 7 January 1944 in B-24H #42-40990 'On the Ball. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Attacked by fighters on return from Ludwigshaven, GR setting No 2 and No 3 engin
Died 7 January 1944
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Staff Sergeant William Wahrheit. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 7 January 1944 in B-24H #42-7614. Killed in Action (KIA). Attacked by fighters returning from mission to Ludwigshaven, GR. With No 3 engine on fire and No 2 and
Died 7 January 1944
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Mission date: 7 January 1945
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First Lieutenant William Beach. Fighter pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Awards: WWII Victory, EAME. Post war: Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering at Texas A & M University
Died 7 January 1982
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Lieutenant Morris Williams. Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Enlisted in US Army Air Corps 29 August 1942. Arrived in Bottisham, England December 1943. Flew P-47's and P-51's. After flying 45 missions, 150 combat hours, Wlliams was shot down over Gre
Died 7 January 1989
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Staff Sergeant William Duling. Tail Gunner, 401st Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Brockhoefe on 8/24/44 in B-17 Down N' Go #42102394 POW
Died 7 January 1995
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Corporal George Harrison. Military Occupation Specialty 867-Radar Mechanic, Bombardment, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 7 January 1997
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Second Lieutenant Howard Seaborn. Navigator, 487th Bomb Group. b-24H #42-52624 'Box Car'.
Died 7 January 2000
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Benjamin Brown. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 January 2000
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First Lieutenant Dorsey Odle. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 January 2006
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First Lieutenant Joseph Higgins. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. 1st Lt. Joseph "Joe" W. Higgins of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, finished his tour with 63 missions and 270 combat hours on 30 September 1944. He took part in Operation
Died 7 January 2012
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