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AIRFIELD HARBOUR INSTALLATION AIRFIELD HARBOUR INSTALLATION AIRFIELD.
Locations: COGNAC/ CHATEAUBERNARD (Primary) LA PALLICE (Primary) LA ROCHELLE/ LALEAU (Primary) NANTES (Primary) NANTES/ CHATEAU BOUGON (Primary)
Mission date: 16 September 1943
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First Lieutenant Herbert Turner. Pilot, 390th Bomb Group. Shot down 16 September in B-17 #425903 'Ascend Charlie. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). 1st Lieutenant Herbert I. Turner, Jr., was born January 14, 1920. His next
Died 16 September 1943
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Lieutenant John Baum. Co-Pilot, 385th Bomb Group. Pilot B-17F 42-30601 'Mary Ellen II', mid air collision in poor visibility with B-17F 42-30120 'Patches. Killed in Action (KIA) along with entire crew. Baum Street, named after him, is loca
Died 16 September 1943
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Second Lieutenant Robert Schanen. Navigator, 390th Bomb Group. Shot down 16 September in B-17 #425903 'Ascend Charlie. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). 2nd Lieutenant Robert L. Schanen was born September 16, 1917. His nex
Died 16 September 1943
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Second Lieutenant Walter Euwer. Pilot, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #4229901. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 16 September 1943
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Staff Sergeant Alfred Monson. Tail Gunner, 390th Bomb Group. Shot down 16 September in B-17 #425903 'Ascend Charlie. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Staff Sergeant Alfred C. Monson was born December 19, 1922. His next of
Died 16 September 1943
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Staff Sergeant Clifford Hart. Tail Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #4229901. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 16 September 1943
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Staff Sergeant John Peterson. Right Waist Gunner, 390th Bomb Group. Staff Sergeant John L. Peterson was born August 27, 1917. His next of kin were his wife, Alfreda Peterson, his mother, Emily Kaleta, and his brother, Maynard Peterson. He was from Perth A
Died 16 September 1943
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Staff Sergeant Stanley Mason. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 390th Bomb Group. Shot down 16 September in B-17 #425903 'Ascend Charlie. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Staff Sergeant Stanley B. Mason was born September
Died 16 September 1943
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Staff Sergeant Swen Zetterberg. Ball Turret Gunner, 390th Bomb Group. Shot down 16 September in B-17 #425903 'Ascend Charlie. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Staff Sergeant Swen A. Zetterburg was born January 6, 1924. Hi
Died 16 September 1943
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Staff Sergeant Thomas Bone. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. B-17 #423213 ditched in North Sea due to mechanical failure on 16 August 1943. Returned to base. Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #423079. Killed in Ac
Died 16 September 1943
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Technical Sergeant Louis Hamilton. Top Turret Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #4229901. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 16 September 1943
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First Lieutenant Archibald Williams. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in training mission in B-24 # 42-51331. Collided with 'Glad to See Ya' over England
Died 16 September 1944
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First Lieutenant Robert Lindemuth. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in training mission as B-24 # 42-51331 collided with 'Glad to See Ya' over England
Died 16 September 1944
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Flight Officer Seaton Douglass. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in training mission in B-24 # 42-51331 collision with 'Glad to See Ya' over England
Died 16 September 1944
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Major John Cockey. Squadron Ops Officer - Squadron Commander - Command Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Commanding officer of 787th BS Killed in training mission in B-24 # 42-51331. Collision of 'Glad to See Ya' with the Archibald Williams crew over Eng
Died 16 September 1944
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Second Lieutenant Edward Stutzman. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in training mission in B-24 # 42-51331. 2 planes collided over England
Died 16 September 1944
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Second Lieutenant Elmore Cave. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in training mission in B-24 # 42-51331collided with 'Glad to See Ya' over England
Died 16 September 1944
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Vickers. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in training mission in B-24 # 42-51331. 2 planes collided over England
Died 16 September 1944
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Second Lieutenant Frederick Deck. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in practice mission involving collision with another plane. B-25 #42-95361 'Glad to See Ya'. Deck's normal crew as piloted by Stuart Pearce who was a survivor of the accid
Died 16 September 1944
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Second Lieutenant LeRoy Hurst. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in practice mission involving collision with another plane. B-25 #42-95361 'Glad to See You'. Hurst plane piloted normally by Archibald Williams was B24#42-51331 with no name
Died 16 September 1944
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Second Lieutenant Paul Dickerman. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in practice mission involving collision with another plane. B-25 #42-95361 'Glad to See Ya'
Died 16 September 1944
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Second Lieutenant Walter Bowen. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in practice mission involving collision with another plane. B-24 #42-95361 'Glad to See Ya'
Died 16 September 1944
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) George Yarbrough. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in training mission in B-24 # 42-51331. Collidision in 'Glad to See Ya' over England with another plane in the squadron piloted by Archibald Williams
Died 16 September 1944
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Jake Winn. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in training mission. B24 #42-95361 and 'Glad to See Ya 'B-24 # 42-51331collided over England.
Died 16 September 1944
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) George Goodhand. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in practice mission involving collision with another plane. B-24 #42-51331 with no name and 'Glad to See You'.
Died 16 September 1944
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Joseph Mazur. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 September 1944
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Philip Hudson. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in training mission in B-24 # 42-51331. Collided with 'Glad to See Ya' over England
Died 16 September 1944
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Gunther Hepprich. Radio Operator, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 16 September 2013
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Second Lieutenant Thomas Cuddeback. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down in B-17 42-3188, 'MISS CARRIAGE' on a mission to Villacoublay Airfield, 26 June 1943. Initially attacked east of Caen, France by enemy aircraft; the ship lost altitude rapidl
Died 16 September 2015
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