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Technical Sergeant Neil Christenson. Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 7 July 1943. While TDY to 9th AF, fuel ran out while circling Benghasi. AC B-24 41-23692 'El Lobo' crashed. 4 w
Died 7 July 1943
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William O'Leary. Togglier, 384th Bomb Group. Killed in collision with another 545th BS plane over Cambridge <a href="http://384thbombgroup. com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch. php?LastName=o">http://384thbombgroup. com/_content/
Died 7 July 1944
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Captain Eugene Potter. Pilot, 368th Fighter Group. Eugene Potter began training in the Canadian air force in the winter of 1940-41. Joined the RAF and was assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, but was not among the officers transferred to the USAAF on 29-9-42.
Died 7 July 1944
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FIGHTER ESCORT.
Locations: LEIPZIG
Mission date: 7 July 1944
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First Lieutenant Gerald Davis. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. 2nd Lieutenant Gerald P Davis was born May 6, 1922. His next of kin were his mother, Margaret O’Neil, and an uncle, Harry Sutton. He was from Bayou La Batre, Alabama. On July 7, 1944, he wa
Died 7 July 1944
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Lieutenant Ernest Brown. Pilot, 389th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed near Brumby in B-24 'Sackwarmer' #4128824
Died 7 July 1944
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Lieutenant Wilfred Thom. Navigator, 389th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed near Berndorf in B-24 # 251144
Died 7 July 1944
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Second Lieutenant James Schierbrock. Co-Pilot, 448th Bomb Group. James Schierbrock served as a Co-pilot with the 448th Bomb Group. He was Wounded in Action 2 July 1944 soon after take-off on a mission to Fiefs, France. The pilot Billie Blanton in B-24 #
Died 7 July 1944
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Sergeant James Cothran. Radio Operator, 392nd Bomb Group.
Died 7 July 1944
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Staff Sergeant Ansley Thompson. Right Waist Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. KIA Mid air collision and crashed near Berndorf in B-24 #4251144 on 07 Jul 1944.
Died 7 July 1944
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First Lieutenant Tennant Metz. Radar (H2X) Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 July 1951
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Major Frederick Glover. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Fred Glover hailed from Ashville, North Carolina. He had once played a little professional baseball. He had once seen a Flying Tigers pilot return home, and he was so impressed with the adulation h
Died 7 July 1956
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Frank Kemp. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 July 1972
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Ronald Fox. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 July 1972
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Michael Gelesh. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 July 1977
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Major Walter Weitner. Pilot, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. 1st man to fly alone and unarmed over Berlin. won the Silver Star for this Silver Star
Died 7 July 1985
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Captain John Leeds. Squadron Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt Colonel
Died 7 July 1990
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Staff Sergeant George Watt. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-17 #42-30789 'Flak Suit' of 388th Bomb Group/563rd Bomb Squadron. Evaded with the help of the the Comet Line. Wrote a book about his e
Died 7 July 1994
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Captain Robert Fischer. Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. Robert Fischer was a Pilot in the 95th Bomb Group/336th Bomb Squadron. He completed 25 missions.
Died 7 July 2004
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Maurice Foley. Tail Gunner, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 7 July 2004
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Colonel Harry Mumford. Air Executive; Director of Operations, 95th Bomb Group. SS
Died 7 July 2007
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