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Staff Sergeant Arthur Heisserer. Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 9 July 1943 while TDY to 9th AF. Fuel ran out while circling Benghasi. AC B-24 41-23692 'El Lobo' crashed. 4 were killed as bombs that had hung
Died 9 July 1943
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Sergeant Ronald MacKenzie. Right Waist Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Hit by flak and crashed into North Sea in B-17 42-38141
Died 9 July 1944
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Lewis Straw. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252610 'The Madam. ' Prisoner of War (POW)at Stalag XVIIB POW, Bronze Battle Star, Purple Heart, member of Caterpillar Club
Died 9 July 1985
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Lieutenant Colonel Antolin Algorri. Navigator, 94th Bomb Group. As 1st Lieutenant, "Al" Algorri served as Navigator on B17 Ice Cold Katie, completing 35 missions from June to December 1944. After the war, he went on to serve in Korea and Vietnam
Died 9 July 1997
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Sergeant Robert Hake. Tail Gunner, 385th Bomb Group. 21 Missions Air Medal w/2 Oak Leaf Cluster; EAME Ribbon with 2 bronze stars; Good Conduct; WW II Victory Medal; American Theater Ribbon
Died 9 July 2000
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Staff Sergeant William Slenker. Tail 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. Evaded (EVD). Wounded by flak, but evaded for
Died 9 July 2001
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Major Joseph Kruzel. Pilot; Commanding Officer, 361st Fighter Group. SS w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH/ DUC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster Major General Joseph J. Kruzel was deputy director of operations, Deputy Chief
Died 9 July 2002
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Thomas Rugh. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 July 2008
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