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AIRFIELD.
Locations: NEURUPPIN
Mission date: 14 April 1945
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First Lieutenant Joseph Szoke. Co-Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). Plane crashed on takeoff. B-24 #4295120 'Hookem Cow'
Died 14 April 1945
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FLAK BATTERIES FLAK BATTERIES FLAK BATTERIES.
Locations: BORDEAUX BORDEAUX BORDEAUX
Mission date: 14 April 1945
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Second Lieutenant David Totten. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Plane crashed on take off. Plane was B-24 #4295120 'Hookem Cow'
Died 14 April 1945
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Second Lieutenant Lewis Anderson. Navigator, 458th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). Plane crashed on takeoff. B-24 #4295120 'Hookem Cow'
Died 14 April 1945
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Sergeant Charles May. Radio Operator, 458th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). Plane crashed on takeoff. B-24 #4295120 'Hookem Cow'
Died 14 April 1945
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Sergeant Thomas Seale. Engineer, 458th Bomb Group. Plane crashed on takeoff on 14 Apr 45. B-24 #4295120 'Hookem Cow'
Died 14 April 1945
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Paul Hardesty. Aerial Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 April 1987
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Second Lieutenant Eacott Allen. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Eacott Garvin Allen (listed as Garvin Allen in the US 1930 Census for Robstown, Nueces County, Texas, where his widowed mother is listed as Lucy L. Allen) was born and raised in Texas. His
Died 14 April 1989
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Thomas Fyock. Radio Operator/Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 April 1993
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Staff Sergeant James Williamson. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Staff Sergeant James E. Williamson was awarded the Silver Star for heroism on a mission to Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany on 24 April 1944.
Died 14 April 1995
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Paul Kochenash. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. After the war he was a design draftsman for Mack Trucks for 22 years.
Died 14 April 1999
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Sergeant Francis Hentges. Tail Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Francis Hentges was Tail Gunner on B-17F #42-29656 "Skunkface" of 91st Bomb Group / 322nd Bomb Squadron, shot down by fighters on a mission to Leipzig on 20 February 1
Died 14 April 2004
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Second Lieutenant Lesta Shackelford. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #68 dated 11 August 1943, James J. McMahon Crew, 2 combat missions. Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-1
Died 14 April 2005
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Major William Godbey. Pilot, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 14 April 2008
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Lieutenant Colonel Richard Rinebolt. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to Instructor duties, P-47 Thunderbolt in the US, released from active duty in September, 1945. Awards: AM (3 OLC), EAME ( 2 bronze star
Died 14 April 2014
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