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Pilot Officer Kenneth Taylor. Pilot, . Pilot initially on Hawker Hurricanes with 71 (Eagle) Sqn. Killed in flying accident, when Spitfire P8572 dived into ground near Ongar, Essex, England. KIFA. 9th Aug 1941. * P8572 may have been unofficially borrowed f
Died 9 August 1941
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Second Lieutenant Patrick Kelly. Co-Pilot, 386th Bomb Group. B-26B-16MA 41-31634 'Hell's Hurricane' crashed in Channel when right engine feathered. 386th BG was part of the 8th BG from July-October 1943
Died 9 August 1943
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Mission date: 9 August 1944
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Captain Harry McGregor. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Puettlingen on 8/9/44 in B-24 Penthouse For 10 #4295268
Died 9 August 1944
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First Lieutenant Dean Burns. Pilot, 370th Fighter Group. Pilot P-38 'Droop Snoot' 44-23162, flew recon of Mortain area, due to overcast reduced altitude and A/C was hit by flak in starboard engine, lost control and baled out along with Observer
Died 9 August 1944
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First Lieutenant Max Newell. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Puettlingen on 8/9/44 in B-24 Penthouse For 10 #4295268
Died 9 August 1944
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First Lieutenant Raymond Shinder. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Puettlingen on 8/9/44 in B-24 Penthouse For Ten #4295268
Died 9 August 1944
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First Lieutenant Richard Clark. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Puettlingen on 8/9/44 in B-24 Penthouse for 10 #4295268
Died 9 August 1944
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First Lieutenant Robert Lundquist. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. 1st Lieutenant Robert M. Lundquist was born October 11, 1922. His next of kin were his parents, Theodore and Anna Lundquist. He was from Los Angeles, California. UCLA On August 9, 1944, whil
Died 9 August 1944
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Major Don Beerbower. Pilot, 354th Fighter Group. Pilot P-51B Mustang FT*E 43-12375 "Bonnie B", 353rd FS, 354th FG, 9th AF. While on a fighter sweep in the Reims, France area on 9 August 1944, he took the squadron down to strafe a German airfield
Died 9 August 1944
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Major William Collonan. Observer / Navigator, . Observor P-38 'Droop Snoot' 44-23162, flew recon of Mortain area, due to overcast reduced altitude and A/C was hit by flak in starboard engine, pilot 1st Lt Dean R Burns lost control and both baled
Died 9 August 1944
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Second Lieutenant Edward Pierigies. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Puettlingen in B-24 Penthouse For Ten #4295268
Died 9 August 1944
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Keyes. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Rotterdam in B-24 Hot Box #4129374
Died 9 August 1944
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Second Lieutenant Ormond Smith. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Rotterdam in B-24 Hot Box #4129374
Died 9 August 1944
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Bruce McGaughy. Left Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Puettlingen in B-24 Penthouse For Ten #4295268
Died 9 August 1944
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Staff Sergeant Earl Wells. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Puettlingen in B-24 Penthouse for Ten #4295268
Died 9 August 1944
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Clay Young. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Puettlingen in B-24 Penthouse For Ten #4295268
Died 9 August 1944
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Technical Sergeant Leon Peterson. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Puettlingen in B-24 Penthouse For 10 #4295268 on 8/9/44
Died 9 August 1944
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Major Raymond Smith. Fighter Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Earned the title,according to his son, as 'The only German ace in the American Air Force' this was the result of having 5 thunderbolts destroyed while he was flying them. He was essentially
Died 9 August 1965
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First Lieutenant Charles Carr. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Chuck Carr was assigned to 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, from October 10, 1943-April 5, 1944. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on January 12, 1944. On April 5 his P-51B (43-6
Died 9 August 1994
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) James Branum. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Damaged by fighters and flak and landed in Sweden on 6/21/44 in B-24 Lvly Ldy's Avngr #4440093 INT
Died 9 August 1997
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Major Stanley Berlin. , 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few. Survived 25 missions flying bombers over Germany
Died 9 August 2009
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Lloyd Freeman. Ball Turret Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters on the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin and crashed near Staphorst, Holland on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31373 'Flak Stop&#
Died 9 August 2012
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