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Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Huff. Pilot ; Fighter Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Completed 25 missions and transferred to the 56th FG. Flew on B-24 'Lassie Come Home'
Died 20 February 1922
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRFIELD AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT F
Mission date: 20 February 1944
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First Lieutenant Donald Decker. Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Shot down and crashed near Charleroi, Belgium on return from a bombing mission to Aschersleben, Helmstedt, GR on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-64166 'Big Fat Butterfly'. Ki
Died 20 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Billy Huffman. Pilot, 452nd Bomb Group. Shot down by rocket fire from JU88s on a mission to Poznan, Poland on 20 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-37951. All of the crew, except the pilot, baled out but were lost at sea. The a/c crashed near Korsor,
Died 20 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Jerry Payne. Pilot, 388th Bomb Group. On a mission to Poznan, Poland, B-17G #42-39894 'Barbara' left the formation due to a fuel leak and was shot down by fighters, exploded in mid-air, and crashed near Funen, Dnmark on 20 Feb
Died 20 February 1944
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MISSION ABORTED MARSHALLING YARDS FIGHTER STRAFING BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY.
Locations: NURNBERG NURNBERG-STRAUBING SCHILTACH STEIG
Mission date: 20 February 1945
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Captain Charles Lyle. Fighter Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. P-51 Killed in Action (KIA) 20 February 1945 in AC #4411694. Crashed near Haussy. AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 20 February 1945
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First Lieutenant Merle Brendle. Fighter Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. P-51 44-63207 Crashed near Valenciennes AM/ PH
Died 20 February 1945
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Second Lieutenant Axel Johnson. Navigator, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)/ engine caught fire over England , the fire was in the #3 engine. They got the fire out but it flared up again. The bombs were jettionsed and the aircraft ditched. The B-1
Died 20 February 1945
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Second Lieutenant Irwin Roth. Co-Pilot, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 20 February 1945 AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH At rest Cambridge American Cemetery Nr Cambridge England Plot g Row 5 Grave 155
Died 20 February 1945
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Harold Hendrickson. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 February 1945
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Staff Sergeant Anthony Baraniak. Ball Turret Gunner, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 20 February 1945
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Staff Sergeant Francis Godfrey. Waist Gunner, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 20 February 1945
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Staff Sergeant Leonard Deniston. Tail Gunner, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 20 February 1945
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Staff Sergeant Paul Hatalsky. Waist Gunner, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 20 February 1945 AM/Oak Leaf Cluster/PH
Died 20 February 1945
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Technical Sergeant Walter Deutsch. Radio Operator, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 20 February 1945
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First Lieutenant Thomas Redick. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 February 1981
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Second Lieutenant Eric Rood. Bombardier, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 20 February 1998
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) William Deal. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 February 2005
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Technical Sergeant Jack Goetz. Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. 30 December 1943 in B-17 #42-31274 'Sea Hag': 15 minutes over France, the #1 prop ran away, threw chunks of cowling, and caught on fire; they ditched in the Channel at
Died 20 February 2016
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