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FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT P-51 FIGHTER ESCORT of bombers attacking at Bremen, Germany.
Locations: BREMEN BREMEN Bremen, Germany
Mission date: 16 December 1943
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SHIP YARDS SHIP YARDS SHIP YARDS.
Locations: Bremen, Germany Bremen, Germany Bremen, Germany (2AD Primary Target)
Mission date: 16 December 1943
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Staff Sergeant Charles Wilder. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 96th Bomb Group. B-17 #4230872 'Ole Puss' collided with another aircraft on 16 December 1943. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Staff Sergeant Charles P. Wilder
Died 16 December 1943
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Staff Sergeant Eugene Darter. Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 16 December 1943 in B-17 #4230255 'Lonesome Polecat II. ' KIA. He was 30 years old, an ex police, undercover officer, and the 'grandfather'
Died 16 December 1943
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Staff Sergeant Everett Missey. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 96th Bomb Group. Everett Missey was Right Waist Gunner on B-17 # 42-3249 of 96th Bomber Group / 413th Bomber Squadron, shot down 16 December 1943. Killed in Action (KIA) - Missing Air Crew R
Died 16 December 1943
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Robert Andrews. Gunner, 96th Bomb Group. Technical Sergeant Robert C. Andrews was born on December 14, 1920, the son of Robert C., Sr., and Susan E. Andrews. He was married to Mary E. Andrews. His hometown was Altoona, Penns
Died 16 December 1943
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First Lieutenant George Ceglarski. Pilot, 355th Fighter Group. George was from Library, Pennsylvania, and arrived at the 4th Fighter Group 2 June 1944. He was there until 15 September. He was exchanged for pilots from the 355th Fighter Group that Lt Col K
Died 16 December 1970
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Sergeant Dominick Mupo. Engineer, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels".
Died 16 December 1977
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Captain Oswald Masoni. Navigator, 379th Bomb Group. On July 4,1944 returning from France in "Twentieth Century" B17G#42-32000 which had lost 2 engines due to flak damage. Over England, a third engine lost power. A/c made a wheels up landing in a
Died 16 December 1988
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Staff Sergeant Lester Kurk. Tail Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He was assigned to Willard Lockyear crew. Reported to the ETO in June 1943. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #4230779. POW at Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria
Died 16 December 1993
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Major Gregory Daymond. Squadron Commander, 4th Fighter Group. Born in Great Falls, Montana, in November 1920, Gregory soon became known as Gus, from his middle name Augustus. He grew up in California, and upon graduating from high school he worked in t
Died 16 December 1996
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First Lieutenant Harold Warman. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 December 2004
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Ernest Gardetto. , 466th Bomb Group. Ernest Gardetto appeared in his first professional show at the age of seventeen: Dead We Live, at the Hollywood Assistance League Theatre. He followed that with Meet the People at the El Capitan, and went with that sh
Died 16 December 2007
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First Lieutenant Melvin Engle. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 December 2007
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Staff Sergeant Melvin Litke. Radio Operator / Gunner, 96th Bomb Group. Melvin Litke served as a Radio Operator/Gunner in the 96th Bomber Group / 413th Bomber Squadron. A member of the original Charles F. Geyer crew he was not on board Geyer's B-17 Se
Died 16 December 2014
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Ray Surowski. Flight Engineer, 401st Bomb Group.
Died 16 December 2014
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