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FIGHTER SWEEP.
Locations: KNOKKE BLANKENBERGHE NIEUWPOORT
Mission date: 18 May 1943
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Corporal Richard Anglin. Military Occupation Specialty 835-Supply Clerk, 384th Bomb Group. •Promoted from PFC to Corporal on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #144 dated 15 November 1943. •Reclassified from Military Occupation Specialty 911 to 835
Died 18 May 1982
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Staff Sergeant James Gibson. Crew Chief, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF Crew Chief. Awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Service Ribbon (with six bronze stars); World War II Victory
Died 18 May 1991
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Edsel Adams. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. January - March 1945. On 23 February 1945, 6th mission, ditched our B-24. 3 of 9 crew members survived. Picked up by air-sea rescue in life raft after 8 hours. Flown to England. A
Died 18 May 2004
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Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Betti. Fighter Pilot, 55th Fighter Group.
Died 18 May 2005
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Robert Hodson. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 May 2011
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First Lieutenant Gene Goodrick. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #140 dated 17 July 1944, as crew pilot, 35 combat missions. Silver Star
Died 18 May 2015
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