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Technical Sergeant Winfield Maule. , 96th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) in fighter attack on B17-42-3275 'Sack Time'. 17 July 1943 AM, PH Technical Sergeant Winfield S. Maule was born June 12, 1918, and was the son of Elwood and Martha Ma
Died 17 July 1943
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Mission date: 17 July 1944
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Steve Lindquist. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA), was mortally wounded by flak on 17 July 44 while on a mission. Damage to the plane 'Queen of Hearts' #4252511 was so great that pilot had to crash land
Died 17 July 1944
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First Lieutenant Severino Calderon. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Severino B Calderon, was born In San Antonio, Texas descendant of the Angel of the Alamo (Andrea Candelaria) enlisted in February 1943 at the age of 22. He named and flew P-47G SNAFU he was aw
Died 17 July 1946
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Edward Mount. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #4229399 'Play Boy. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 17 July 1948
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Lieutenant Colonel Richard Wismer. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Flew B-17 'Pauline' DFC/Air Medal w 5/Oak Leaf Cluster; EAME ribbon with 3 stars
Died 17 July 1966
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Wayne Ahern. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 17 July 1990
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Second Lieutenant Desmond Laird. Navigator, 100th Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Hanover on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31265. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 17 July 1992
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Boyd Condon. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 17 July 1997
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Technical Sergeant Christian Neuberger. Radio Operator, 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few. DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 17 July 2005
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Walter Cronkite. War Correspondent United Press, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". War Correspondent with United Press, Cronkite was the most famous of the eight reporters sent to the European Theatre to fly with the Eighth Air Force who m
Died 17 July 2009
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