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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY PORT AREA U-BOAT PENS.
Locations: Cuxhaven, Germany Wilhelmshaven, Germany CUXHAVEN (Primary) WILHELMSHAVEN (Primary)
Mission date: 11 June 1943
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First Lieutenant Malcom MacKinnon. Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #4229693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 June 1943
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Flight Officer Eugene Wood. Co-Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #4229693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 June 1943
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Lieutenant Burrell Newman. Pilot, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #423138. Killed in Action (KIA). Initial target was Bremen but diverted to Wilhelmshaven submarine pens due to cloud cover over the primary target. According to 2Lt. Thomas
Died 11 June 1943
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11 June 1943
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Second Lieutenant Walter Kozel. Bombardier, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #4229875. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 June 1943
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Staff Sergeant George Babich. Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer, 95th Bomb Group.
Died 11 June 1943
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Staff Sergeant Stanley Bennett. Tail Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. WIA. 19 May 1943. B-17F #42-29737. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #4229693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 June 1943
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Staff Sergeant William Sendzick. Top Turret Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #423099. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 June 1943
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Technical Sergeant John Vail. Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #4229693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 June 1943
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