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FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT.
Locations: MUNSTER MUNSTER WIZERNES WIZERNES
Mission date: 11 March 1944
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Lieutenant William Schwenke. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 352nd Fighter Group. On the return from a mission to Wizernes, FR on 11 Mar 1944, P-47D #42-8424 'Kathie' crashed into the Channel NW of Etaples, FR due to an apparent engine failure. Killed in
Died 11 March 1944
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY SUBMARINE PENS OIL REFINERY SUBMARINE PENS.
Locations: BREMEN HAMBURG/WILHWMSBURG KIEL/KRUPP GERMANIA
Mission date: 11 March 1945
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First Lieutenant Frank Aheron. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in crash at Cranfield following mechanical failure of P-47M 44-21125. Canopy covered in oil, engine misfiring before crashing 2 miles north of Cran
Died 11 March 1945
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Lieutenant Jack Hodge. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Koldin in P-51 'Windy City Mama' #4415627
Died 11 March 1945
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Cundy. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) in P-51 into North Sea DFC, Air medal w/9 oak leaf clusters
Died 11 March 1945
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Captain Kenneth Peterson. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down in P-51B #43-6696 by FW 190 while taking on 12 E/A single handed to save the crew of a disabled B-17 and won the DSC for th
Died 11 March 1950
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Joseph Kluska. Ground Crew Aircraft Mechanic, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 March 1974
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Private First Class Treverse Guess. Truck Driver, Light & Airplane Mechanic, 493rd Bomb Group.
Died 11 March 1982
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Second Lieutenant Richard Glaser. Navigator, 385th Bomb Group. Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #4231773. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 11 March 1982
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Robert Jefferies. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 March 2006
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Technical Sergeant Stanley Sturak. Radio Operator / Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4231346 'Shack Rabbit. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 11 March 2015
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