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Captain Omar Turner. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Hit by flak that knocked off the tail section on a mission to V-sites near Siracourt, FR on 11 Feb 1944, B-24D #42-63978 'Lonesome Polecat' crashed near Dieppe, FR. Killed in Acti
Died 11 February 1944
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First Lieutenant Hubert Tardiff. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Hit by flak that knocked off the tail section on a mission to V-sites near Siracourt, FR on 11 Feb 1944, B-24D #42-63978 'Lonesome Polecat' crashed near Dieppe, FR.
Died 11 February 1944
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First Lieutenant William Swanson. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Crashed near Wailly les Arras, Pas-de-Calais, FR after attacking an ME109 on a bomber escort mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 11 Feb 1944 in P-47D #42-74733. DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 11 February 1944
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Flight Officer Archie Daniels. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Crashed near Great Hormead, Herfordshire after takeoff on a combat mission apparently due to poor weather on 11 Feb 1944 in P-47D #42-7963. Killed in Action (KIA). AM/ PH
Died 11 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Donald Morsch. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Crashed near Arras, FR on a bomber escort mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 11 Feb 1944 in P-47D #42-22755. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Theodore Olson. Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Hit by flak that knocked off the tail section on a mission to V-sites near Siracourt, FR on 11 Feb 1944, B-24D #42-63978 'Lonesome Polecat
Died 11 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Wilfred Koehn. Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Hit by flak that knocked off the tail section on a mission to V-sites near Siracourt, FR on 11 Feb 1944, B-24D #42-63978 'Lonesome Polecat' crashed near Dieppe, FR
Died 11 February 1944
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Staff Sergeant Herbert Garrow. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Hit by flak that knocked off the tail section on a mission to V-sites near Siracourt, FR on 11 Feb 1944, B-24D #42-63978 'Lonesome Polecat' crashed near Dieppe, FR
Died 11 February 1944
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Staff Sergeant Robert Hagey. Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Hit by flak that knocked off the tail section on a mission to V-sites near Siracourt, FR on 11 Feb 1944, B-24D #42-63978 'Lonesome Polecat' crashed near Dieppe, FR.
Died 11 February 1944
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Staff Sergeant Ruel Boone. Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Hit by flak that knocked off the tail section on a mission to V-sites near Siracourt, FR on 11 Feb 1944, B-24D #42-63978 'Lonesome Polecat' crashed near Dieppe, FR. K
Died 11 February 1944
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Staff Sergeant Willis King. Ball Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Hit by flak that knocked off the tail section on a mission to V-sites near Siracourt, FR on 11 Feb 1944, B-24D #42-63978 'Lonesome Polecat' crashed near Dieppe
Died 11 February 1944
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Technical Sergeant Clifford Stafford. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Hit by flak that knocked off the tail section on a mission to V-sites near Siracourt, FR on 11 Feb 1944, B-24D #42-63978 'Lonesome Polecat' crashed ne
Died 11 February 1944
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Technical Sergeant Mitchell Powell. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Hit by flak that knocked off the tail section on a mission to V-sites near Siracourt, FR on 11 Feb 1944, B-24D #42-63978 'Lonesome Polecat' crashed near Di
Died 11 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Henry Kaul. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ground strafing mission to Minden, Germany. A/C P-51D 44-63233. 'Inkys Dinky' hit some trees and crashed whilst strafing tr
Died 11 February 1945
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Second Lieutenant Morton Savage. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 11 February 1945 AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 11 February 1945
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First Lieutenant Osce Jones. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR), fighter/bomber mission to Rennes, France. A/C P-51B 43-042 hit by Flak, streaming oil and glycol, Lt Jones elected to abandon aircraf
Died 11 February 1994
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David Morgan. Pilot, 381st Bomb Group. June - December 1944
Died 11 February 1999
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Staff Sergeant Perry Roberson. Flight Engineer and Waist Gunner, 453rd Bomb Group.
Died 11 February 2000
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Technical Sergeant Kenneth Hart. Military Occupation specialty 757-Radio Operator/Mechanic/Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Reclassified from Military Occupation Specialty 542 (Communications Chief) the MOS 757 (Radio Operator-Mechanic/Gunner) on Station Special
Died 11 February 2006
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