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AIRFIELD U-BOAT PENS U-BOAT PENS.
Locations: CHERBOURG (Primary) LORIENT/ KEROMAN (Primary) LORIENT/ KEROMAN (Primary)
Mission date: 21 October 1942
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Staff Sergeant Jerome Nawracaj. Left Waist Gunner, 96th Bomb Group. Staff Sergeant Jerome C. Nawracaj was born September 27, 1920. He was the son of Stanley and Sophie Nawracaj. He was from Manville, New Jersey. On October 20, 1943, he was serving as the
Died 21 October 1943
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Second Lieutenant Alan Newcomb. Co-Pilot, 401st Bomb Group.
Died 21 October 1966
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Pilot Officer Robert Sweeny. Adjutant [71S] / Pilot, . Robert J V Sweeny, DFC, was a champion golfer, Adjutant of 71[Eagle] Sqn RAF, RAF Coastal command bomber pilot [where he won his DFC], and younger brother of Charles Sweeny, founder of the famous RAF
Died 21 October 1983
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Captain Charles Sumner. Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. Planes flown: Bat Cave, Pride of the Yanks. 4 1/2 confirmed kills. Numerous .5 victory on 11 Apr 1944, 4 other confirmed kills, 2 unconfirmed 'probables'
Died 21 October 1987
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Major Elmer Robbins. Navigator/Bombardier, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 April 1945 in B-24 #4250774 'Standby. ' Evaded. From his son Eric: 'His B-24 was knocked down over southwestern France on April 15, 1945, by a group of off-course B-
Died 21 October 2010
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Richard Bradley. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. He was an avid history buff and family researcher whose roots in Camden County go back to 1838 when the first member of his mother's Brown family settled here a
Died 21 October 2012
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