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Staff Sergeant Francis Byrne. Radio Operator, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Shot down by fighters 28 March 1943 in B-17 #4229537 'Mary Ruth Memories. 'The assigned target was marshalling yards at Rouen/ Sotteville. Plane crashed in Chan
Died 8 April 1943
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY AIRFIELD AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRFIELD.
Locations: ACHMER (Opportunistic) Brunswick, Germany HANDORF (Opportunistic) HESEPE (Opportunistic) LANGEN
Mission date: 8 April 1944
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Captain Frank Boyles. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, transferred to 335 FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF 16-9-42, promoted to 1st Lieutenant
Died 8 April 1944
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First Lieutenant Evan Machen. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Salzwedel in P-38J #42-68181 on 8 Apr 1944 Am w 5 Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC 1 Me110, 1 Ju88, 3 Unknown
Died 8 April 1944
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First Lieutenant James Bingaman. Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group. 1st Lieutenant James K. Bingaman was born on September 12, 1919. His next of kin was his wife, Brigid E. Bingaman. At the time of his loss, he had an infant daughter, Victoria Elizabeth, born 29/12
Died 8 April 1944
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First Lieutenant Kenneth Kessenger. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252610 'The Madam. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 April 1944
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Lieutenant Gordon Willits. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Hit trees and crashed near Bad Zwischenahn in P-47 #4222768
Died 8 April 1944
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Second Lieutenant John Durborow. Co-Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4264464. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 April 1944
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Second Lieutenant Raymond Zielinski. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252516 'Virgin Sturgeon. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 April 1944
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Second Lieutenant Roland Boulter. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252610 'The Madam. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 April 1944
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Second Lieutenant William Williams. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252516 'Virgin Sturgeon. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 April 1944
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Albert English. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252610 'The Madam. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 April 1944
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Leonard Lombardo. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252610 'The Madam. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 April 1944
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Sergeant George Sloan. Nose Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4273495. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 April 1944
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) John Bednarski. Left Waist Gunner , 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 April 1944
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Staff Sergeant Trenton Tucker. Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4273495. Killed in Action (KIA). AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 8 April 1944
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Staff Sergeant Walter Bosserman. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 April 1944
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First Lieutenant Edward Stewart. Co-pilot, 398th Bomb Group. Died on Derben, Germany Purple Heart
Died 8 April 1945
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First Lieutenant Peter Pastras. Pilot, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Killed in Action (KIA) near Stendahl in B-17 'Time A=Wastin' #42102504
Died 8 April 1945
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Flight Officer Louis Davis. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Louis Davis died when his P-47, 42-76175, 'Big Dick II', collided with another during mock combat over Fritton Lake, Somerleyton, Suffolk.
Died 8 April 1945
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Lieutenant Robert James. Pilot, 25th Bomb Group. KIFA. Mosquito crashed on local training flight. Crashed at RAF Station Shepherds Grove due to unknown cause. Plane dipped to the left, dove and crashed.
Died 8 April 1945
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MUNITIONS PLANT OIL DEPOT MARSHALLING YARDS JET AIRCRAFT PLANT AIRFIELD AIRFIELD ORDNANCE DEPOT MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS AIRFIELD MARSHALLING YARDS.
Locations: BAYREUTH DERBEN EGER FURTH/BLUMENTHAL FURTH/ROTH FURTH/U
Mission date: 8 April 1945
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Second Lieutenant George Latches. Navigator, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Killed in Action (KIA) near Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' #42102504
Died 8 April 1945
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Second Lieutenant George Munroe. Navigator, 398th Bomb Group. George Munroe's plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire 3 minutes after 'bombs away'. The plane was on a mission to Derben, Germany. Left wing was torn off and the plane went into a
Died 8 April 1945
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Second Lieutenant Robert Morris. Co-Pilot, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Killed in Action (KIA) near Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' #42102504
Died 8 April 1945
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Second Lieutenant Russell Judd. Fighter Pilot, 356th Fighter Group. Russell Judd served as a fighter pilot first with the Royal Canadian Air Force and then with the USAAF. He was with the 56th Fighter Group Nov. 1944-Feb. 1945, then transferred to 5th ERS
Died 8 April 1945
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Sergeant Edgar Harrell. Ball Turret Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Killed in Action (KIA) near Stendal in B-17 'Times A-Wastin' #42102504
Died 8 April 1945
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Sergeant Wallace Kasch. Tail Gunner, 398th Bomb Group. Hit by flack over target, Derben Germany.
Died 8 April 1945
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Staff Sergeant Donald Lemons. Bombardier, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Killed in Action (KIA) near Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' #42102504
Died 8 April 1945
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Staff Sergeant Robert Smith. Tail Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Killed in Action (KIA) near Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin'#42102504
Died 8 April 1945
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Staff Sergeant Victor Irwin. , 398th Bomb Group. Died on Derben, Germany mission Purple Heart
Died 8 April 1945
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Staff Sergeant Stanley Reuben. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29870 'Big Moose.' Prisoner of War (POW), Missing Air Crew Report #1038. Earlier, on 4 Oct 1943 returning from mission to Frankfurt, B17 #42-300
Died 8 April 1978
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Robert Mains. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 April 1979
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Robert Rayburn. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 April 2003
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Technical Sergeant Wayne Fallesen. Radio Operator, 384th Bomb Group. On a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-3999, 'LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL', was crippled by ME109s and after the rest of the crew baled out, the 2 pilots and the radio operato
Died 8 April 2003
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Second Lieutenant Thomas Alexander. Co-Pilot, 491st Bomb Group. Thomas Alexander’s older brother, Marston Alexander Jr, born in 1917, died in October 1929. Thomas enlisted in the Air Corps and was trained as a pilot. Sent overseas, he was assigned t
Died 8 April 2005
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First Lieutenant Hubert Sullins. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Also called up for the Korean War. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Major
Died 8 April 2013
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