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Flight Lieutenant Andrew Mamedoff. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Born in Thompson, Connecticut, 12 August 1912, where his White Russian family had settled in the early 1910s. Interestingly, it is believed that he was Jewish of Russian heritage. Mamedoff atten
Died 8 October 1941
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Pilot Officer Hugh McCall. Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S member of B flight. 'En Route to Eglinton, while letting down in bad weather to refuel on the Isle of Man, a portion of "B" Flight hit a mountain and all were killed**.'
Died 8 October 1941
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Pilot Officer Roy Stout. Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S member of B flight. 'En Route to Eglinton, while letting down in bad weather to refuel on the Isle of Man, a portion of "B" Flight hit a mountain and all were killed**.'
Died 8 October 1941
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Pilot Officer William White. Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S member of B flight. 'En Route to Eglinton, while letting down in bad weather to refuel on the Isle of Man, a portion of "B" Flight hit a mountain and all were killed**.&#
Died 8 October 1941
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Captain Thomas Murphy. Pilot, 100th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #425864 'Piccadilly Lily. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 October 1943
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First Lieutenant John Voehringer. Navigator, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Killed in Action (KIA) on October 8, 1943. Hit by a bullet from a ME-109 and was killed. The B-17 plane was not shot down. It was piloted by Oleron Linn.
Died 8 October 1943
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First Lieutenant William Minerich. Pilot, 381st Bomb Group. Minerich, W. Crew
Died 8 October 1943
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INDUSTRIAL AREA SHIP YARDS INDUSTRIAL AREA and BTO U-BOAT PENS.
Locations: OLDENBURG (Target of Opportunity) VEGESACK (Target of Opportunity) Bremen, Germany Bremen, Germany OLDENBURG (Target of Opportunity) VEGESACK (Target of Opportunity) BRE
Mission date: 8 October 1943
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Second Lieutenant Neal Lenti. Navigator, 389th Bomb Group. Neal was born in New York to immigrant parents from Italy. The family moved to Springfield MA, where Neal's father, Attilio, ran a hotel. Neal enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor and trained
Died 8 October 1943
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Second Lieutenant Philip Sweeney. Bombardier, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #4263958 'Lucky Tiger. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 October 1943
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Staff Sergeant Cecil Karnes. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #4263958 'Lucky Tiger. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 8 October 1943
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Technical Sergeant Max Wilhite. Radio Operator, 392nd Bomb Group. Technical Sergeant Max R. Wilhite was born November 28, 1919. His next of kin were his parents, Ralph and Alta Wilhite. He was from Freedonia, Kansas. On October 8, 1943, he was the Radio O
Died 8 October 1943
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Sergeant Elwood Baber. , 384th Bomb Group. Promoted to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #40 dated 1 July 1943.
Died 8 October 1968
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Robert Sanders. Flight Engineer, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 8 October 1981
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Captain Francis McCullagh. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Flew 18 missions as copilot on Arthur Mack crew. He left Thurleigh in February 1945. He completed approx. 50 missions from 11 Dec 1943 to 28 Jan 1945, which resulted in 2 tours of du
Died 8 October 1997
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Second Lieutenant Richard Anisfield. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 October 2011
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Second Lieutenant Rodney Roehm. Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. Born in Ontanagon where he spent his youth, Rodney Roehm was raised by his uncle and aunt Clyde and Irene (Roehm) Haygood. He graduated in 1940 from the Ontanagon High School. In the summer of 1942,
Died 8 October 2015
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