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FIGHTER PATROL FIGHTER SWEEP.
Locations: ENGLISH COAST OSTEND GHENT
Mission date: 21 May 1943
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First Lieutenant Martin Wieand. Pilot, 94th Bomb Group. Shot down 21 May 1943 in B-17 #4229834 'Easy Aces. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). 1st Lieutenant Martin Wieand was born July 15, 1921. His next of kin were his par
Died 21 May 1943
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Lieutenant Charles Freschauf. Co-Pilot, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Shot down 21 May 1943 in B-17 #4124515 'Marie Jane. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). 1st Lieutenant Charles W. Freschauf was born on November
Died 21 May 1943
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Second Lieutenant Carl Pearson. Bombardier; Ball Turret Gunner; Togglier, 94th Bomb Group. Shot down 21 May 1943 in B-17 #4229727 'In Der Fuehrer's Face. ' Killed in Action (KIA). 2nd Lieutenant Carl R. Pearson was born August 15, 1920. Hi
Died 21 May 1943
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Second Lieutenant Gordon Whitlow. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 71 Eagle squadron 1941, transferred to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF 14-9-1942. Prom
Died 21 May 1943
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Staff Sergeant Bryant Loftis. Waist Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. Shot down 21 May 1943 in B-17 #4229727 'In Der Fuehrer's Face. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Staff Sergeant Bryant M. Loftis was born May 17, 1920. His next of kin was his mother, An
Died 21 May 1943
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U-BOAT PENS NAVAL BASE.
Locations: EMDEN (Primary) WILHELMSHAVEN (Primary)
Mission date: 21 May 1943
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First Lieutenant Arlen Baldridge. Fighter Pilot, 359th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Barenhorst in P-51 43-6962 Returning from strafing trains near Rostock when German flak severely damaged his P-51 After wheels-up landing 'Baldy
Died 21 May 1944
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First Lieutenant John Guckeyson. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed at Tornau in P-51 'Contrary Mary' #42103349
Died 21 May 1944
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First Lieutenant Paul Arnold. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 21 May 1966
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First Lieutenant Leighton Read. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.
Died 21 May 1967
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Sergeant Angelo Longo. Ball Turret Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Flew on 'Winning Run', a B-17 that crash landed after all 4 engines gave out while returning from raid on Stuttgart on 6 Sept 43. It ran out of fuel. Man
Died 21 May 1993
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Staff Sergeant Rheudolph Cain. Gunner, 491st Bomb Group. Rheudolph Cain was the youngest of Anna S. Cain's three sons (the others : Walter and Hubert). He enlisted at the end of 1943 in the Air Corps after two years at Parkersburgh High School in Wes
Died 21 May 1997
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First Lieutenant Lloyd Haynes. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 21 May 2005
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First Lieutenant Joseph Almand. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Flew 34 missions. Flew on b-24 'Slick Chick'
Died 21 May 2011
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