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Captain Cleveland Hickman. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Flew as pilot of B-24 #41-23711 'Jerks Natural' on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, diverted safely to Sicily. Shot down 20th Dec 43 on a mission to Bremen in B-24 #42-40133. Killed
Died 20 December 1943
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Lieutenant Kenneth White. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4240133. Killed in Action (KIA). AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 20 December 1943
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Second Lieutenant Glenn Cochran. Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4240133. Killed in Action (KIA). AM/ PH
Died 20 December 1943
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Second Lieutenant Leo Canelake. Pilot, 381st Bomb Group. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #425845 'Whale Tail II. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Born in Hibbing, MN. to parents who had immigrated from Greece, Leo was
Died 20 December 1943
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SHIP YARDS SHIP YARDS SHIP YARDS.
Locations: Bremen, Germany Bremen, Germany Bremen, Germany
Mission date: 20 December 1943
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Staff Sergeant Donald Pippitt. Tail Gunner, 392nd Bomb Group. Donald Pippett served as a tail gunner with the 392nd Bomb Group. He was killed on 20 December 1943. Lost from B-24 42-7510 'El Lobo' in accident with another B-24 in formation. The t
Died 20 December 1943
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Staff Sergeant Edward Rubin. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4240133. Killed in Action (KIA). DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 20 December 1943
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Staff Sergeant Eugene Studer. , 376th Bomb Group.
Died 20 December 1943
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Staff Sergeant Robert Pollick. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4240133. Killed in Action (KIA). AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 20 December 1943
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Staff Sergeant Virgil Anderhalt. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4240133. Killed in Action (KIA). DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 20 December 1943
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Technical Sergeant Adelbert Robinson. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4240133. Killed in Action (KIA). DFC/ AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 20 December 1943
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Technical Sergeant John Tkachuk. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA). Died on a B24 of anoxia.
Died 20 December 1943
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First Lieutenant Philip Spennato. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 December 1956
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Pete Giughello. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed into English Channel on 7/18/44 in B-24 Spare Parts #4129350 POW
Died 20 December 1984
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Second Lieutenant Robert Garrett. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Flew 11 missions
Died 20 December 1999
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Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade) James Anthos. Military Occupation Specialty 060-Cook, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 545th Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #154 dated 26 November 1943.
Died 20 December 2003
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Joseph Roth. Ground Crew, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 December 2006
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Staff Sergeant Nelvin Coupe. Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Flew on the 'Ruptured Duck' Flew 35 missions ETO/ AM/ GC
Died 20 December 2008
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Second Lieutenant Lee Test. Co-Pilot, 398th Bomb Group. Completed 32 missions in 77 days in 1944, including D-Day. Berlin the worst. No crew injuries in combat. Bomb. Dan Adams, Nav. Carl Foster and I are still alive at 2/16/04. ETO Ribbon with 2 bronze
Died 20 December 2009
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Sergeant John McQuilkin. Ground crew, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Also served in Korea and 2 tours in Vietnam. 3 years in WW II with the 93rd BG Traveling Circus 2 Unit Presidential Citations, 11 Bronze service/mission awards, Air Force Commend
Died 20 December 2012
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