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Captain Richard McMinn. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, transferred to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF, took part in 4th FG's Spitfires
Died 15 April 1943
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Second Lieutenant LeRoy Dodd. Fighter Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in a combat training accident in P47 41-6241. The combat training mission used camera guns and collision occured north of RAF Tempsford.
Died 15 April 1943
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Captain Stanley Anderson. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 71[Eagle] Sqn RAF, transferred to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF. Shot down by Fw190 over the North Sea off the coast between Ostend and Blankenberghe, Belgium in P-47 41-6407.
Died 15 April 1944
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Flight Officer Joseph Mundy. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 April 1944 in AC #4276412. crashed into North Sea DFC/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 15 April 1944
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Major Leroy Schreiber. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed ner Flensburg in P-47 #4325577
Died 15 April 1944
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FLAK BATTERIES ESCORT MISSION FLAK BATTERIES FLAK BATTERIES.
Locations: BORDEAUX/ROYAN GUNZBURG and ULM ROYAN ROYAN
Mission date: 15 April 1945
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Second Lieutenant John Conway. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). B-24H A/C# 41-29593 'Little Rebel'. Crashed near Mattishall after takeoff on mission to bomb troop installations in France with napalm bombs.
Died 15 April 1945
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Richard Cunningham. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). B-24H A/C# 41-29593 'Little Rebel'. Crashed near Mattishall after takeoff on mission to bomb troop installations in France with napa
Died 15 April 1945
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Major Wilfred Crutchfield. Fighter Pilot, 362nd Fighter Group.
Died 15 April 1968
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Technical Sergeant Paul Overbaugh. Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Orginal Crew #8. Shot down 29 July 1943 in B-17 42-29700 which crashed near Schleswig. Prisoner of War (POW). No MACR found
Died 15 April 1982
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Captain Donald Barber. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended 2 Tours of Duty. Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Died 15 April 1992
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First Lieutenant Edward Wozniak. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. End Tour of Duty (ETD). Re-assigned to Training Unit.
Died 15 April 1995
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Lieutenant Colonel Leon Blanding. Fighter Pilot, 495th Fighter Training Group. Leon Blanding joined the RCAF and began flying as a sergeant pilot with No. 121 'Eagle' Squadron, and he rose to the rank of Major over the course of two tours with t
Died 15 April 1998
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First Lieutenant Otto Krause. Navigator, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Whilst flying on a mission over the Rhine on, 6 January 1945. Krause's Aircraft was flying alongside B-17 "Little Miss Mischief" flown by 1Lt Herman W. Balaban&
Died 15 April 1999
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Technical Sergeant Frederick Bradley. Top Turret Gunner, 398th Bomb Group. My Dad flew with the Howard Traeder crew, 24 missions from 1/45 to 4/45 24th mission was supposed to be a milk run however it didn't turn out that was. The 398th's B-17&#
Died 15 April 1999
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Thomas Barrineau. , 490th Bomb Group. Thomas and twin brother Murdock Barrineau lived in Waycross, Georgia with their parents and younger sister Stella. Both brothers attended the Waycross High School and after their graduation the family moved to Naples
Died 15 April 2000
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Second Lieutenant Donald Mills. Bombardier, 96th Bomb Group. Bombardier on B-17 42-3439 of 96th Bomber Group / 413th Bomber Squadron, shot down 20 October 1943. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1018. Evaded capture - Escape & Evasion Report E&E 279
Died 15 April 2003
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Second Lieutenant John Doherty. Bombardier, 398th Bomb Group. Missing in Action (MIA) 30 May 1944 Dessau Germany Reported Prisoner of War (POW) July 1944
Died 15 April 2003
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