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Pilot Officer Earl Mason. Pilot, . When WWII broke out, Earl resolved to join the Royal Canadian Air Force, which he did having gained his high school diploma in June 1940. Having completed his basic training and shipped over to England he went through op
Died 15 September 1941
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Staff Sergeant Raymond Darnell. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 September 1943 PH
Died 15 September 1943
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Captain Joseph Lemming. Group Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in the crash of a 7th BG -9th BS- 8th AF B-36 Peacemaker #44-92079 just after takeoff from Carswell AFB, TX in September 1949
Died 15 September 1949
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Colonel Luther Fairbanks. Commander - 466th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 September 1984
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Second Lieutenant Coburn Arledge. Fighter Pilot, 365th Fighter Group. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Major.
Died 15 September 1985
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Lieutenant Colonel James Mahoney. Squadron Commander; Deputy Commanding Officer, 467th Bomb Group. Wrote 'Reluctant Witness', his memoirs. Survived ordeal of very hard-luck original 492nd BG, which lost more than 40% of its combatants in 3 mon
Died 15 September 1998
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Hudson Coombs. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 September 1998
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Technical Sergeant Joe Ramsey. Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. On the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37886 'Blitzing Betsy' was severely damaged by attacks from several FW190s causing
Died 15 September 2003
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First Lieutenant Robert Wightman. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 September 2006
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Second Lieutenant William Francis. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Bill flew 27 missions over France and Germany as a Tail Gunner on a B-24. in 1945 he graduated as a Flight Engineer on the B-29
Died 15 September 2015
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