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Captain Elmer Gedeon. , 394th Bomb Group. At 6-foot-4, he was a naturally gifted athlete and played baseball and football at Michigan, and is one of only two Major League Baseball players killed in action during World War II. In 1941, Gedeon transferred
Died 20 April 1944
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Lieutenant Lowell Baker. , 457th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) when plane went down on return to base after mission was recalled.
Died 20 April 1944
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Staff Sergeant Robert Carrier. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 20 April 1944 AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 20 April 1944
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Mission date: 20 April 1945
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Lieutenant Colonel DeLynn Anderson. Fighter Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed (End) Tour of Duty (ETD). Returned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF for 2nd tour. Squadron C/O. End of War
Died 20 April 1961
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Second Lieutenant George Ruckman. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. 3 Feb 1945, B-17 44-6592 (Stardust) was damaged by flak over Berlin. The pilot, 2nd Lt. George F. Ruckman, flew the damaged a/c behind Soviet lines and force landed at an airfield near Torun, Pol
Died 20 April 1993
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Captain Julius Klinkbeil. Navigator/Squadron Navigator, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 20 April 1996
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Captain Robert Lamb. Pilot, 389th Bomb Group. he was assigned in 1944 for overseas duty in England with the Eighth Air Corp. had completed 27 combat missions and 170 combat hours as a B-24 pilot. On July 31, 1944 he and his crew were on loan to the 389th
Died 20 April 1998
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Technical Sergeant Clyde Bush. Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air crew Report #838. POW
Died 20 April 1999
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Second Lieutenant Hollis Neal. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 April 2002
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Captain Donald Perkins. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Captain Donald D Perkins was Commanding Officer of D Flight, 335th Fighter Squadron. Awards: AM (5OLC), DFC, WWII Victory.
Died 20 April 2004
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Captain Philip McDavid. Pilot, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". From 24 July to 20 November 1944 completed 35 missions with no aborts. AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 20 April 2008
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Technical Sergeant Johnie Young. Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. 3 Feb 1945, B-17 44-6592 SO-S (Stardust) damaged by flak over Berlin. Pilot 2nd Lt. Ruckman flew damaged a/c behind Soviet lines and force landed at an airfield near Torun, Poland. Crew
Died 20 April 2015
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