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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
American Air Museum

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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UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
8 April 1944
Imperial War Museum

UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
8 April 1944
Imperial War Museum