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Mission date: 18 August 1944
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First Lieutenant Bernard Rosenson. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down in P-51D 44-13567 while strafing when section was bounced by 50+ Bf109’s and Fw190’s. Last seen just as the enemy aircraft attack
Died 18 August 1944
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Second Lieutenant C Howard. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Section jumped by 15 Bf109’s while on a strafing show. Shot down in the ensuing melee in P-51B 43-24841. Though not seen to go down, the section leader
Died 18 August 1944
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Second Lieutenant Leo Dailey. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Whilst searching for a ground target to strafe, his section turned to engage 30 enemy fighters, Dailey was shot down in individual combat. crashed near Beau
Died 18 August 1944
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Second Lieutenant Philip Manning. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 479th Fighter Group. Philip Manning was born in 1924. According to the data in the 1940 US Census, his father, Melvin J. Manning, was a butcher by trade and had a shop in Dallas. His son Philip was a
Died 18 August 1944
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Second Lieutenant Robert Cooper. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. While searching for ground targets to strafe, his section turned into enemy fighter force [30+E/A], became detached from formation and was shot down in P
Died 18 August 1944
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Second Lieutenant William Sherrill. Navigator, 467th Bomb Group. On approaching to land, all four engines of the B24 Liberator, Broad+High, locked. The aircraft crashed in a field in Kirby Bedon, killing 4 crew members. Lt William Sherrill was one of tho
Died 18 August 1944
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Staff Sergeant Philip Snyder. Gunner, 467th Bomb Group. On approaching to land, all four engines of the B24 Liberator, Broad+High, locked. The aircraft crashed in a field in Kirby Bedon, killing 4 crew members. S/Sgt Philip Snyder was one of those killed
Died 18 August 1944
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Technical Sergeant Darlton Pontius. Engineer, 467th Bomb Group. On approaching to land, all four engines of the B24 Liberator, Broad+High, locked. The aircraft crashed in a field in Kirby Bedon, killing 4 crew members. T/Sgt Darlton Pontius was one of th
Died 18 August 1944
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Technical Sergeant George Lifschitz. Radio Operator, 467th Bomb Group. Transferred 467th BG On approaching to land, all four engines of the B24 Liberator, Broad+High, locked. The aircraft crashed in a field in Kirby Bedon, killing 4 crew members. T/Sgt
Died 18 August 1944
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Private Leslie Bean. , 304th Service Group. Relieved from attachment to the 443rd Sub-Depot on AAF Station Special Orders #7 dated 10 January 1944.
Died 18 August 1962
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Captain Joseph Laboda. Pilot, B-17, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, as crew pilot. Served two tours with the 384th Bomb Group and flew 48 combat missions.
Died 18 August 1968
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Captain Walter Hoyle. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 August 1968
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Master Sergeant Frank Grover. Crew Chief, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 18 August 1982
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First Lieutenant Allan Strom. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4129422 'Rebel Yell. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 18 August 1985
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Sergeant Glen LeBleu. Gunner, 491st Bomb Group. Barely 18, Glen LeBleu enlisted in the Air Corps in July 1943. Trained as a gunner, he was sent overseas and assigned to the 491st Bomb Group / 854th Bomb Squadron in England. He was on board B-24 "Bell
Died 18 August 2004
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First Lieutenant Martin Kern. Assistant S-2 Officer, Group, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 August 2014
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