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Mission date: 18 June 1944
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Second Lieutenant Harvie Arnold. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission, hit by small arms return fire in cooling system, engine failed en route to beachead, crashed in P-51D #44-13307
Died 18 June 1944
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Captain Frank Fink. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. 1st Lt. Frank M. Fink was a talented caricature artist. Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, transferred to 335th FS 4th FG 8AF USAAF 14-10-42. On 9 September 1943 he baled out of his P-47C Thunderbolt 41
Died 18 June 1946
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Major Pierce McKennon. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Major McKennon, was born 30 November 1919 in Clarksville, Arkansas, but grew up and was educated in Fort Smith. He earned a four-year music scholarship to the University of Arkansas. After a month in colleg
Died 18 June 1947
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Glenn Hassler. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 June 1965
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Captain John Graef. Pilot; Assistant Group Operations Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 June 1973
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First Lieutenant Willard Lockyear. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Reported to the ETO in June 1943. Completed approx. 17 missions. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #4230779. POW at Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumba
Died 18 June 1999
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Staff Sergeant Eddie Choate. Waist Gunner; Ball Turret Gunner, 445th Bomb Group.
Died 18 June 1999
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First Lieutenant Byron Magness. , 398th Bomb Group. Completed 35 missions, reportedly the youngest B-17 Flying Fortress pilot in the European Theatre of Operations. On 14 February 1945 Magness' B-17 was badly damaged over Dortmund and made a forced
Died 18 June 2008
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