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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES FOCKE-WULF AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRFIELD HEINKEL AIRCRAFT FACTORIES.
Locations: BERLIN/TUTOW (Primary) MARIENBURG (Primary) PARCHIM (Secondary)
Mission date: 9 April 1944
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FIGHTER ESCORT.
Locations: POSEN RHAMEL TUTOW
Mission date: 9 April 1944
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Sergeant Zvonimer Sambol. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252569 'Lovely Lady. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 9 April 1944
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Stephen Forton. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 9 April 1944
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Staff Sergeant Olen Williams. Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 9 April 1944
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First Lieutenant Robert Buchholz. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Lt Robert C Buchholz of the 335th Fighter Squadron was killed in action when he was hit by flak flying P-51D Mustang "Suzy" 44-14389 while strafing the Munich-Bruntthal aerodrom
Died 9 April 1945
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First Lieutenant Robert James. Pilot, 25th Bomb Group. Piloting de Havilland DH98 Mosquito NS757 when it crashed on landing - RAF Shepherds Grove. KIFA. 09/04/1945.
Died 9 April 1945
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SCOUTING MISSION AIRFIELD MARSHALLING YARDS AIRFIELD LANDING GROUND AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD OIL DEPOT AIRFIELD AIRFIELD MUNITIONS PLANT.
Locations: FRUSTENFELDBRUCK INGOLSTADT LANDSBURG LANDSBURG EAST LECHFELD LEIPHEIM MEMIN
Mission date: 9 April 1945
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Colonel Jack Jenkins. Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Coulommiers on 10 Apr 44 in P-38 'Texas Ranger' #42-67825. MACR 3620. Awards: 20 Nov 1943 - Air Medal 6 Dec 1943 - Oakleaf Cluster [to AM] 20 Dec 1943 - Oakleaf
Died 9 April 1998
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Colonel Orval Porritt. Pilot, 94th Bomb Group.
Died 9 April 1999
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First Lieutenant Cleo Beggs. , 389th Bomb Group.
Died 9 April 2003
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First Lieutenant Kenneth Allstaedt. Fighter Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to Transferred to HQ Sqn.
Died 9 April 2005
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Staff Sergeant George Ormsby. Right Waist Gunner, 398th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Oranienburg on 15 Mar 45 in B-17 'Kitty Kay' #4338562. Completed 28 missions. Purple Heart/Air Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 9 April 2006
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