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First Lieutenant George Larson. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 August 1943. Losses states died of throat infection while TDY in N. Africa
Died 15 August 1943
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Mission date: 15 August 1944
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First Lieutenant John Archer. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Zui Dveen in B-24 True Love #4129449
Died 15 August 1944
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First Lieutenant John Suchiu. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Mijenaleck in B-24 Lady Lighting #4252597
Died 15 August 1944
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First Lieutenant Thomas Bell. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Zui Dveen in B-24 True Love #4129449
Died 15 August 1944
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Lieutenant Norman Peck. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Zui Dveen in B-24 True Love #4129449
Died 15 August 1944
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Second Lieutenant Charles Welde. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Nijetrijne in B-24 #4295157
Died 15 August 1944
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Second Lieutenant Terence Crowley. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Nijetrijne in B-24 #4295157
Died 15 August 1944
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Chester Zyb. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Gelderingen in B-24 Ramblin' Wreck #4128932 Last name was originally spelled Zdyb. His parents were Polish imm
Died 15 August 1944
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Gerald Boles. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Nijetrijne in B-24 #4295157
Died 15 August 1944
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Jerome Samburg. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Mijenaleck in B-24 Lady Lighting #4252597
Died 15 August 1944
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Tice Jones. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Gelderingen in B-24 Ramblin' Wreck #4128932. He had escaped death 3 days before when his regular cre
Died 15 August 1944
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Staff Sergeant Dale Estle. Right Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Nijetrijne in B-24 #4295157
Died 15 August 1944
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Staff Sergeant Edward Philo. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Zui Dveen in B-24 True Love #4129449
Died 15 August 1944
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Staff Sergeant Robert Lehman. Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Zui Dveen in B-24 True Love #4129449
Died 15 August 1944
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Staff Sergeant William Julian. Left Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Gelderingen in B-24 Ramblin Wreck #4128932
Died 15 August 1944
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Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Smith. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel after serving in with USAAF in WW2, 45th Infantry in Korea, Oklahoma National Guard and assigned to 1st Army at Fort George Meade during the Vie
Died 15 August 1975
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Staff Sergeant Allen Fontenot. Gunner, 398th Bomb Group.
Died 15 August 1987
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Corporal (5th Grade) Donovan Mickey. S-2 Intelligence Clerk, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 August 1993
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First Lieutenant Donald Hemingway. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 August 1994
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Major Joseph Bennett. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. After training in the P-47 Thunderbolt, Bennett joined the 360th Fighter Squadron of the 356th Fighter Group at Groton, Connecticut, in March 1943, and moved with the squadron to Mitchel Field, New York, and
Died 15 August 2000
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Second Lieutenant Thomas Styslinger. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4129365. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 15 August 2005
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Captain Anthony Carras. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Co-Pilot of the Harry C. Merritt Crew - Crew 671 Competed 36 missions. Post war he was a well known television and film editor and producer. His credits include: The Bob Hope Christmas Special (TV Speci
Died 15 August 2007
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First Lieutenant William Hurt. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 August 2007
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Lindell. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down by flak on mission to V-Site Le Meillard on 14 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-31246. Evaded (EVD). Only member of crew not captured. He was helped by the French Resistance through occupied Fr
Died 15 August 2010
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