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Staff Sergeant William Perkins. Gunner, 491st Bomb Group. 27 missions, Crew R68 AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster; ACM; EAMECM; WWIIVM
Died 14 June 1905
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First Lieutenant Garrett King. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Killed 14 June 1943 in P47D 42-7875 on local altitude training flight. It is believed his a/c was struck by lightning while flying through a thunderhead. AM PH
Died 14 June 1943
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Mission date: 14 June 1944
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First Lieutenant Arthur Baranick. Fighter Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. On ferry flight from Kings Cliffe to Nuthampstead in P-38 42-67025 when left engine lost power and a/c crashed at Kings Cliffe. 19-Dec-43. RTD. Shot d
Died 14 June 1944
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Second Lieutenant Jean Vogt. Co-Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Crashed near chateaudun on 6/14/44 in B17 #4297188 1st Lieutenant Konstantin J. Vogel was born January 12, 1919. His next of kin were his parents, Henry and Anna Vogel. He was from Longmont, Colora
Died 14 June 1944
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Second Lieutenant Mary Chubb. Nurse, . Mary Chubb served in Britain as nurse with the 181st Medical Dispensary, Aviation. She was killed in a plane crash on 14 June 1944.
Died 14 June 1944
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Second Lieutenant Montie Weaver. Air Traffic Controller, . He was a baseball player, Major League pitcher, and coached the 8th AAF All Stars in England in 1943. He trained as an air traffic controller in Orlando, Florida and was sent to England with the
Died 14 June 1944
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Second Lieutenant Robert Summerville. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Crashed near Chateaudun in B-17 #4297188 on ; 6/14/44
Died 14 June 1944
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Sergeant Herman Cohen. Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner, 493rd Bomb Group. Shot down 14 June 1944 in AC #42-52750. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 14 June 1944
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Sergeant Thomas Harris. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Crashed Near Chateaudun on 14/June/44 in B-17 #4297188
Died 14 June 1944
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General Carl Spaatz. Commanding General, 8th Air Force, . A few weeks after Pearl Harbor, in January 1942, General Spaatz was assigned as chief of the Army Air Force Combat Command at Washington and promoted to the temporary rank of major general. In May
Died 14 June 1974
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Second Lieutenant James Bouvier. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 26 February 1944, Gerard A. Heim Crew. 14 Combat missions Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-1024
Died 14 June 1991
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First Lieutenant John Jakab. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 June 2003
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Brigadier General Robin Olds. Pilot, 479th Fighter Group. His father was a WWI fighter pilot and a key planner of early bombing tactics. He graduated in 1943 from West Point and immediately became a fighter pilot in WWII. He flew P-38 Lightnings and also
Died 14 June 2007
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Staff Sergeant Robert Harris. Tail Gunner, 385th Bomb Group. completed 33 missions on B-17 'Sugar Jo' Air Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 14 June 2014
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