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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS V-1 MISSILE SITES V-1 MISSILE SITES.
Locations: Frankfurt, Germany Frankfurt, Germany SIRACOURT (Primary) Watten, France
Mission date: 8 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Westrum. Co-Pilot, 452nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 8 Feb 1944. B-17G #42-39977 'Hard to Get' crashed near Morley St Peter, Norfolk after takeoff during formup for a mission to Frankfurt am Main.
Died 8 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Eno Compton. Pilot, 452nd Bomb Group. Killed in Service (KIS) on 8 Feb 1944 when his B-17G #42-39977 'Hard to Get' crashed near Morley St Peter, Norfolk after takeoff during formup for a mission to Frankfurt-am-Main. His wife
Died 8 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Randall Toye. Navigator, 452nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 8 Feb 1944. B-17G #42-39977 'Hard to Get' crashed near Morley St Peter, Norfolk after takeoff during formup for a mission to Frankfurt am Main.
Died 8 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Robert Ettlinger. Bombardier, 452nd Bomb Group. Killed in Service (KIS) on 8 Feb 1944 when his B-17G #42-39977 'Hard to Get' crashed near Morley St Peter, Norfolk after takeoff during formup for a mission to Frankfurt-am-Main.
Died 8 February 1944
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Sergeant Dale Hood. Radio Operator, 452nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 8 Feb 1944. B-17G #42-39977 'Hard to Get' crashed near Morley St Peter, Norfolk after takeoff during formup for a mission to Frankfurt am Main.
Died 8 February 1944
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Sergeant Marion Shinpaugh. Left Waist Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 8 Feb 1944. B-17G #42-39977 'Hard to Get' crashed near Morley St Peter, Norfolk after takeoff during formup for a mission to Frankfurt am Main.
Died 8 February 1944
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Staff Sergeant Ernest Taylor. Tail Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 8 Feb 1944. B-17G #42-39977 'Hard to Get' crashed near Morley St Peter, Norfolk after takeoff during formup for a mission to Frankfurt am Main.
Died 8 February 1944
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Staff Sergeant Fred Douglas. Right Waist Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. Killed in Service (KIS) on 8 Feb 1944 when his B-17G #42-39977 'Hard to Get' crashed near Morley St Peter, Norfolk after takeoff during formup for a mission to Frankfurt-am-Main.
Died 8 February 1944
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Staff Sergeant John Schuetz. Ball Turret Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 8 Feb 1944. B-17G #42-39977 'Hard to Get' crashed near Morley St Peter, Norfolk after takeoff during formup for a mission to Frankfurt am Main.
Died 8 February 1944
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Staff Sergeant Leonard Halphen. Engineer, 452nd Bomb Group. Killed in Service (KIS) on 8 Feb 1944 when his B-17G #42-39977 'Hard to Get' crashed near Morley St Peter, Norfolk after takeoff during formup for a mission to Frankfurt-am-Main.
Died 8 February 1944
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Technical Sergeant Ross Kahler. Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Macquenoise, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31499. Killed in Action (K
Died 8 February 1944
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Bernard Boss. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 February 1991
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First Lieutenant Jack Simon. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. End Tour of Duty (ETD).
Died 8 February 1999
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Second Lieutenant Homer Badgett. Co-Pilot, 389th Bomb Group. Homer Badgett was co-pilot on B-24 Serial 41-28713 of 389th Bomber Group / 564th Bomber Squadron, short on fuel on return from Badgett's 17th mission on 11 July 1944 to the Munich marshalli
Died 8 February 2002
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Sergeant Harold Wittig. 611-Aerial Gunner, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 8 February 2004
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Technical Sergeant Norman Vicknair. Radio Operator, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG 547th BS on 6 June 1944, Robert Koch Crew, per squadron history (microfilm A0641-00226). 29 combat missions.
Died 8 February 2004
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Flight Lieutenant William Geiger. fighter pilot, . Bill Geiger Jr. was captain of the fencing and ski teams at Pasadena City College, in California, at the time he heard about the Eagles. " I had an Olympic coach in fencing and was trying to work up
Died 8 February 2006
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