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Master Sergeant Arthur Batson. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 January 1943. In B-24 #4123724 'Flying Cock' piloted by Llewelyn Brown which was hit by flak. AM/ PH
Died 15 January 1943
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Sergeant Ernest Kish. Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 January 1943. Hit by flak in B-24 #4123724 'Flying Cock'. North African Cemetery near Carthage, Tunisia AM/ PH
Died 15 January 1943
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Staff Sergeant Charles Starcher. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 January 1943. Hit by flak in B-24 #4123724 'Flying Cock'. North African Cemetery near Carthage, Tunisia AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 15 January 1943
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Staff Sergeant Harold Sena. Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 January 1943 when plane hit by flak in B-24 #4123724 'Flying Cock'. AM/ PH
Died 15 January 1943
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First Lieutenant James Tostevin. Pilot, 7th Photographic Group. On the 15th January 1945 he took off from Mount Farm in Spitfire XI (PL962) on a Photo-Recon mission to Berlin and Misburg. He reached the target area and took his photos and was on the retur
Died 15 January 1945
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First Lieutenant William Patton. Pilot, 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 January 1945 while flying weather recon in a P-51 Mustang. Member of the 3rd Scouting Force. Body was not found until Feb 2001, when a French farmer turning the soil for p
Died 15 January 1945
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General Henry Arnold. Commanding General of Army Air Forces, . Became "chief of the Army Air Forces on June 30, 1941, and that December he got a third star. When the War Department General Staff was organized in March 1942 Arnold became commanding ge
Died 15 January 1950
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Major Leland Simpson. Assistant Group Bombardier, 445th Bomb Group. Original 445th BG Group Bombardier; served with actor Jimmy Stewart; flew 35 missions most with lead crews DFC, 2nd Award; Air Medal, 4th Award; WW2 Victory Medal' Amer Defense w/st
Died 15 January 1967
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Second Lieutenant Glenn Smart. Pilot, 27th Air Transport Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF, transferred to 310th Ferrying Squadron, transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF. Forced to bale out over the North Sea on the retu
Died 15 January 1969
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Walter Behm. Crew Chief, 4th Fighter Group. Walter Behm was crew chief of WD-I which was flown by both Capt. Robert Mabie and Maj. George Carpenter.
Died 15 January 1980
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Second Lieutenant William Waldron. Pilot, 487th Bomb Group. On 24 Dec 1944, B-17G #43-38926 'Weary Willy' piloted by Lieutenant William J. Waldron was attacked by fighters and crashed in Belgium near where a tank battle raged. Waldron and Russel
Died 15 January 1986
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First Lieutenant Edgar Obie. Pilot, 36th Fighter Group. See detailed biography at http://p47pilots.com/P47-Pilots.cfm?c=incP47BiographyHome.cfm&vm=BIO&pilotid=423&p=Edgar G. Obie
Died 15 January 1993
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Staff Sergeant John Ferra. Crew Chief, 4th Fighter Group. John Ferra was the one time crew chief of Captain Don Gentile for which he is most famous for. After Gentile was sent home, Ferra took care of 4 other kites until he was sent home in September 1945
Died 15 January 1999
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Staff Sergeant Kenneth DeWire. Waist Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Kenneth DeWire served as a waist gunner with the 379th Bomb Group. He flew 30 combat missions.
Died 15 January 2009
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