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Locations: BRUSSEL
Mission date: 11 May 1944
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CARPETBAGGER MISSIONS.
Locations: CARPETBAGGER OPERATIONS
Mission date: 11 May 1944
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Corporal James Paulos. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-24 #4128664 'Merchant Of Venice. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 May 1944
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FIGHTER ESCORT.
Locations: FOR 8th Air Force 350
Mission date: 11 May 1944
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First Lieutenant John MacDonald. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-24 #4128664 'Merchant Of Venice. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: AM (2 OLC), PH.
Died 11 May 1944
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First Lieutenant Robert Tussey. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Bailed out over the English Channel from P-51 43-24771. Picked up by an Air Sea Rescue boat out of Dover and taken to Ramsgate Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. Killed in A
Died 11 May 1944
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First Lieutenant William Dwyer. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-24 41-28664 'Merchant Of Venice'. Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: PH.
Died 11 May 1944
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Lieutenant Joseph Fahlbusch. Bombardier, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-17 #4297260 'Bow-Er-Neck-Stevens. ' Killed in Action (KIA). PH 1st Lieutenant Joseph F. Fahlbusch was born October 3, 1919. Hi
Died 11 May 1944
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Second Lieutenant Carl Bailey. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-24 #4128664 'Merchant Of Venice. ' Killed in Action (KIA). PH
Died 11 May 1944
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Second Lieutenant James Mullins. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-24 41-28664 'Merchant Of Venice. ' Killed in Action (KIA). PH
Died 11 May 1944
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) John Gordon. Left Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-24 #4128664 'Merchant Of Venice. ' Killed in Action (KIA). PH
Died 11 May 1944
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Otto Kaushep. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-24 #4128664 'Merchant Of Venice. ' Killed in Action (KIA). PH
Died 11 May 1944
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) William Kent. Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-24 #4128664 'Merchant Of Venice. ' Killed in Action (KIA). PH
Died 11 May 1944
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Technical Sergeant Carl Lamb. Radio Operator, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-17 #42107051 'Gene Ellen. ' Killed in Action (KIA). PH
Died 11 May 1944
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Captain Donald Malmsten. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Donald Malmsten enlisted in the Army Air Corps from Burrell, Nebraska. He trained alongside Frank Speer at Dale Mabry Field near Tallahasee, Florida, on P-51 Mustangs prior to shipping to England
Died 11 May 1948
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First Lieutenant Glenn Feltz. Navigator, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew on Arthur Mack crew. Reported to the ETO on 19 Nov 1943. Completed 50 missions. Two Tours with the 306th. AM 5OLC, DFC,
Died 11 May 1968
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First Lieutenant Horace Turner. Bombardier; Navigator, 95th Bomb Group. WIA by flak hitting him in left hip/leg on 24 Dec 1944 in B-17G #42-97257 'Knock-out Baby'. My father, Horace O. "Hank" Turner, was not only a WWll hero, but my ow
Died 11 May 1979
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First Lieutenant Gilbert Scott. Radar Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 May 1981
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Lieutenant Vincent Bahl. Navigator, 94th Bomb Group. Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters; DFC
Died 11 May 1982
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Staff Sergeant Maynard Smith. Ball Turret Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Manned guns, extinguished fires, and treated wounded crewmates on first mission in B-17 #42-29649. He also helped to throw out cans of ammunition that weighed almost as
Died 11 May 1984
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Staff Sergeant Hiram Stamm. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #139 dated 16 July 1944, George F. Parker Crew. 29 combat missions.
Died 11 May 1991
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Dennis Beavers. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 May 2001
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Sergeant Carlton Barrow. Military Occupation Specialty 405-Clerk Typist, 384th Bomb Group. Promoted to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #224 dated 13 November 1944.
Died 11 May 2002
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Norman Linville. Tail Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Joined Sqd 6/19/43. DS/Tunis 9/19/43. Returned to base via ATC 10/4/43. DS/? 7/4/44. Completed tour 8/13/44. Trans/12 RCD 8/13/44. Pilot: Gildart.
Died 11 May 2003
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Sergeant William LeRoy. Radio Operator and Waist Gunner, 453rd Bomb Group.
Died 11 May 2007
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Staff Sergeant William LeRoy. Radio Operator and Waist Gunner, 453rd Bomb Group. Bill remained at Old Buck until 1944, then became an instructor at Scott Field, IL. After he left the service, he married Wanda Bachelier, and lived in Florissant, Missouri,
Died 11 May 2007
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Lieutenant Colonel Walker Mahurin. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Walker Mahurin joined the 56th Fighter Group in July 1942 and arrived in the UK in January 1943, where he was promoted to Captain and Flight Leader of the 63rd Fighter Squadron.
Died 11 May 2010
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