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Captain Dean Strain. Pilot, 491st Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) at Neckelfeld in B-24 #4251481
Died 17 January 1945
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First Lieutenant John Harrington. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) only member of crew killed . Hit by flak and landed in Sweden in B-24 #4251523
Died 17 January 1945
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First Lieutenant Robert Stallings. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Mechanical issues forced him to abort from mission 17-Jan-45, then bail out over the English Channel 30 miles east of Lowestoft. Air Sea Rescue unable
Died 17 January 1945
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First Lieutenant William Shoemaker. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed 1/17/45 while on duty at Pampisford, Sawston where Halifax had crashed and bomb load detonated
Died 17 January 1945
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Lieutenant Franklin Roberts. Bombardier, 491st Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) at Nickelfeld in B-24 #4251481
Died 17 January 1945
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Lieutenant Michael Delaney. Navigator, 491st Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) at Neckelfeld in B-24 #4251481
Died 17 January 1945
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Second Lieutenant Emanuel Agnello. Bombardier, 452nd Bomb Group. Hit by flack on 17 January 1945 on mission over Hamburg . Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 17 January 1945
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Second Lieutenant Gerald Boner. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Shot down 17 January 1945 in P-51 #4415506 'Miss Debbie. ' PH
Died 17 January 1945
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Sergeant John Baker. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 17 January 1945 in B-24 #4251078 PH
Died 17 January 1945
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Sergeant Leon Ferrell. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed in B-24 #4251078
Died 17 January 1945
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Technical Sergeant William Kopczynski. Radio Operator, 446th Bomb Group. Bill Kopczynski trained as a gunner and was sent overseas. He served in the 446th Bomb Group / 705th Bomb Squadron at Bungay, England. He was Ball Turret Gunner on B-24 “Quiver
Died 17 January 1999
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) John Kerr. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 17 January 2007
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Staff Sergeant Gerald Tucker. Right Waist Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Sgt Gerald Tucker (whose first name is often misspelled Gerold) was Right Waist Gunner on B-17 #42-3119 when it was shot down on the Hamburg mission of 26 July 1943.
Died 17 January 2013
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Second Lieutenant Frank Furiga. Bombardier/Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Became POW on 30 November 1944 when, because of miscommunication, he bailed out over enemy territory. Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11 MACR 11111 Frank
Died 17 January 2014
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