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Pilot Officer Kenneth Holder. Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, failed to return from patrol off Lincolnshire coast in Spitfire AA871. Killed in Action (KIA) 12-12-41. Body recovered from sea two weeks later.
Died 12 December 1941
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DIVERSION AIRFIELD AIR DEPOT MARSHALLING YARDS.
Locations: ABBEVILLE/ DRUCAT (Primary) ROMILLY-SUR-SEINE (Primary) ROUEN/ SOTTEVILLE (Last Resort)
Mission date: 12 December 1942
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MARSHALLING YARDS OIL REFINERY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
Locations: ASCHAFFENBURG DARMSTADT DIEBURG FRIEDBURG GELNHAUSEN HANAU MERS
Mission date: 12 December 1944
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First Lieutenant Montell Higgins. Pilot, 457th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 12 December 1944 in B-17 4337567 'Willie III' AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 12 December 1944
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Technical Sergeant Joseph Schiavone. Radio Operator, 389th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) near Rueckingen in B-24 #4250662 Technical Sergeant Joseph T. Schiavone was born January 21, 1925. His next of kin were his father, Carmen Schiavone, and his st
Died 12 December 1944
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Second Lieutenant Guy Rogers. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. B-24H #42-52515 crashed W of Berlin after exploding in mid-air due to direct hits from flak over Berlin on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 12 December 1996
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Technical Sergeant Homer Jones. Photographic Laboratory Technician, 385th Bomb Group. As wife of Homer, I heard many stories of the 8th Air Force. He only went on a few missions; he was then told he was too valuable in the lab where he developed and proce
Died 12 December 2000
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Staff Sergeant Staten Wallace. Waist Gunner, 445th Bomb Group.
Died 12 December 2001
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First Lieutenant Lloyd Ennis. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 December 2004
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First Lieutenant John Meyer. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC/ European Ribbon w/ 3 stars
Died 12 December 2005
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First Lieutenant William Flesher. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Flew missions over Bielefeld Bridge,Regensburg and Osnabruck
Died 12 December 2012
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