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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY U-BOAT PENS U-BOAT PENS.
Locations: BREMEN (Primary) KIEL (Primary)
Mission date: 13 June 1943
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Lieutenant Andrew Loog. Pilot, 94th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #4229940. Plane crashed into Channel. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 13 June 1943
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Lieutenant William Renaud. Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #42-29702 'Rat Killer. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 13 June 1943
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Second Lieutenant Charles Johnson. Bombardier, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #423286. Killed in Action (KIA). PH
Died 13 June 1943
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Second Lieutenant John Lambert. Navigator, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #42-29702 'Rat Killer. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 13 June 1943
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Second Lieutenant Richard Hunter. Pilot, . Pilot P-39N Airacobra 42-9678, 346th FS, 350th FG, 12th AF, lost in combat with FW190's bailed out into Mediterranean Sea, 10 Miles N Of Pantellaria Island, initially posted MIA, later KIA. 13th June 43. MAC
Died 13 June 1943
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First Lieutenant Charles Carter. Fighter pilot, 366th Fighter Group. KIA June 13 1944 at St Gabriel France after his P-47D was hit with Anti Aircraft Fire then crashed and exploded. Claimed 2.0 aerial victories.
Died 13 June 1944
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First Lieutenant John Sykes. B-24 Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. B-24 #42-110104 hit by flak, crashed near Lorient 13 June 1944. Killed in Action (KIA) AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 13 June 1944
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First Lieutenant T McCorkle. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. B-24 #42-110104 hit by flak, crashed near Lorient 13 June 1944. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 13 June 1944
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Flight Officer Theodore Juraschek. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. B-24 #42-110104 hit by flak, crashed near Lorient 13 June 1944. Killed in Action (KIA) AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 13 June 1944
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Lieutenant Albert Cool. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. B-24 #42-110104 hit by flak, crashed near Lorient 13 June 1944. Killed in Action (KIA) DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 13 June 1944
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Second Lieutenant Vern Brown. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. B-24 #42-95153 hit by flak, crashed at Pont Scorff 13 Jun 1944. Killed in Action (KIA) AM/ PH 2nd Lieutenant Vern C. Brown was born July 7, 1921. His next of kin were his wife
Died 13 June 1944
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Sergeant Carl Lewis. Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. B-24 #42-110104 hit by flak, crashed near Lorient 13 June 1944. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 13 June 1944
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Sergeant Eldon Pickett. Bombardier, Enlisted, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 13 June 1944 SS/ DFC/ AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 13 June 1944
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Sergeant Glenn Creasey. Left Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. B-24 #42-95153 hit by flak, crashed at Pont Scorff 13 Jun 1944. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 13 June 1944
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Staff Sergeant James Bundy. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. B-24 #42-110104 hit by flak, crashed near Lorient 13 June 1944. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 13 June 1944
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Staff Sergeant Matthew Pelczar. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. B-24 #42-95153 hit by flak, crashed at Pont Scorff 13 Jun 1944. Killed in Action (KIA) AM/ PH
Died 13 June 1944
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Staff Sergeant William Kraft. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. B-24 #42-95153 hit by flak, crashed at Pont Scorff 13 Jun 1944. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 13 June 1944
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TRANSPORTATION TARGET TRANSPORTATION TARGET TRANSPORTATION TARGET FIGHTER- BOMBER MISSIONS TRANSPORTATION TARGET.
Locations: CHINON LA PORT BOULET LAPOISSONNIERE MONTJEAN MOUNTLOUIS
Mission date: 13 June 1944
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Robert Clark. , 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers.
Died 13 June 1992
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Robert Himes. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 13 June 2014
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Second Lieutenant Thomas Dunmire. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Had a long career in the USAF retiring in 1968 as a Lt. Colonel. During his career he crewed on B-17's, B-24's, B-29's, B-36's and B-52's.
Died 13 June 2015
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