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First Lieutenant Jack Barrie. Fighter Pilot, 364th Fighter Group. Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached Service to 1st Scouting Force, Returned to 385FS. Credited 1 x Kill. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Grofhorn. Hit by flak in P-51D
Died 19 February 1945
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SCOUTING MISSION OIL REFINERY BENZOL PLANT OIL REFINERY BENZOL PLANT FIGHTER SWEEPS BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY VEHICLE PLANT VEHICLE PLANT MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS RAIL BRIDGE.
Locations: ALM BOCHU
Mission date: 19 February 1945
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Second Lieutenant Ferdinand Kjar. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). B-24J A/C 42-50336 'Pale Ale' crashed when control cables snapped and crew lost control.
Died 19 February 1945
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First Lieutenant Rufus David. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Rufus David was assigned to the B-24 crew of Robert C. Moore as CP in May 1944 at the Lincoln Army Air Station in Lincoln, Nebraska. After five gas haul missions and 11 combat missions, from September
Died 19 February 1987
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Staff Sergeant Norman Whitman. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 381st Bomb Group. Graduated aerial gunner school Class 41-49 at Tyndall Field, Florida 8 December 1942. Left Waist Gunner on 42-30020 B-17F 'Sweet Eloise' (A/C crash-landed at Ridg
Died 19 February 1989
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Gladwin Hill. , . War Correspondent for Associated Press, In 1942 he was one of eight journalists known as the Writing 69th trained to take part in bombing missions with the Eighth Air Force. On 26 February 1943, after completing a week's training
Died 19 February 1992
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Second Lieutenant Winfield Gippert. Co-Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. On his 6th mission, Winfield Gippert was Co-Pilot of B-24 # 42-100415 when it ran into mechanical trouble on return in the afternoon from the 8 August 1944 mission to bom
Died 19 February 2005
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