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INDUSTRIAL AREA INDUSTRIAL AREA INDUSTRIAL AREA.
Locations: KNABEN (Primary) RJUKAN RJUKAN
Mission date: 16 November 1943
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Staff Sergeant Charles Reed. Tail Gunner, 390th Bomb Group. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #423333 'Purgatory Pete. ' Returned to base. Shot down 16 November 1943 in B-17 #4230455 'Schifliss Skunk. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Kil
Died 16 November 1943
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Staff Sergeant Roy Ball. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 390th Bomb Group. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #423333 'Purgatory Pete. ' Returned to base. Shot down 16 November 1943 in B-17 #4230455 'Schifliss Skunk. ' Plane crashed in
Died 16 November 1943
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SCREENING MISISON TRANSPORTATION TARGET TRANSPORTATION TARGET.
Locations: DUREN DUREN ESCHWEILER
Mission date: 16 November 1944
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Second Lieutenant Alfred Cook. Fighter Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster; Purple Heart
Died 16 November 1944
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Second Lieutenant Warren Sharrock. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 November 1949
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Major Clark Gable. Cameraman, Gunner, Actor, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Clark Gable flew 5 missions as Captain filming 50,000 ft of gunnery combat during 1943. He received the Air Medal for his service. 1 mission was flown with the 3
Died 16 November 1960
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Second Lieutenant Claude Livingston. Bombardier, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down over Belgium 17 August 1943 in B-17 42-30176 'Assassin. ' Liberated by Russians 4/45; recalled for Korean WarVeterans Serial Number - POW; Air Medal w 2/Oak Leaf Cluste
Died 16 November 1992
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) James Heitz. Waist Gunner, 458th Bomb Group. See pilot, Fred J. Eisert for mission list.
Died 16 November 1992
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Sergeant Dominic Abriola. Military Occupation Specialty 060-Cook, 384th Bomb Group. Transferred from the 384th Bombardment Group, 545th Bombardment Squadron to the 546th Bombardment Squadron on Station 195 (Istres, France) Special Order# 68 dated 16 Octob
Died 16 November 1993
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Alec Hanysh. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 November 1996
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Donald Dowdell. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Was a police sergeant in the NYPD after the war.
Died 16 November 2006
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General Kyle Riddle. Pilot, 479th Fighter Group. Born in Decatur, Texas in 1913, Kyle Riddle graduated from Decatur High School in 1931, the Decatur Baptist College in 1933, and the Texas Agricultural & Mechanical University (Texas A&M), College S
Died 16 November 2008
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First Lieutenant Thomas Hatem. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 November 2010
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