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First Lieutenant Robert Handley. Bombardier - Squadron Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Completed a 30 combat mission tour with the Amos Sharretts Crew - Crew #718. Then served at 787th BS HQ as Squadron Bombardier
Died 20 August 1958
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Lieutenant General Frank Armstrong. Commanding Officer; Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Commanded 97th BG from 31 July 1942 to 27 September 1942. Commanded 306th BG 4 January 1943 to 17 February 1943. Commanded 101st (Provisional) Combat Wing
Died 20 August 1969
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First Lieutenant Reginald Craig. Group Assistant Engineering Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 August 1979
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Second Lieutenant Donald Vulgamore. Fighter Pilot, 361st Fighter Group.
Died 20 August 1980
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First Lieutenant Lloyd Holden. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 August 1991
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Second Lieutenant Charles Smith. Navigator, 388th Bomb Group. Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-17 #42-30789 'Flak Suit'. Prisoner of War (POW). Charles Smith landed in the Dauwstraat in Waasmunster, to the East of Lokeren, Belgium, and was quickly
Died 20 August 2000
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Master Sergeant (1st Grade) Harry McMillion. Line Chief, 100th Bomb Group.
Died 20 August 2002
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First Lieutenant Gilbert Holmes. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 August 2005
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First Lieutenant Jack Rencher. Pilot and Co-Pilot, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Jack P. Rencher started flying in Phoenix Arizona in 1937. He was operating a D8 bulldozer, graveyard shift, in an open pit copper mine when Pearl Harbor h
Died 20 August 2010
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Williams. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. In 1938, he received initial flight instruction as an aviation cadet at the US Naval Air Station, Pensacola. In Oct-40, he enlisted in the RCAF and entered flight training school, recei
Died 20 August 2012
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Major Roswell Freedman. Fighter Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Flew 4 missions on D-Day, 3 days later hit diving at a troop train (won Purple Heart). Battle of the Bulge. Post war: Joined 27th Fighter Wing in SAC to escort B-36s. Flew in 2 high flights fer
Died 20 August 2013
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