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DIVERSION FORD and GM PLANTS CHEMICAL PLANT - SYNTHETIC RUBBER PLANT.
Locations: ANTWERP (Secondary) HULS (Primary)
Mission date: 22 June 1943
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Second Lieutenant Douglas Turner. Bombardier, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #4230076. Killed in Action (KIA) while helping the planes navigator 2LT Richard E Grandpre successfully bail out .
Died 22 June 1943
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Second Lieutenant Robert Davidson. Bombardier, Navigator, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 22 Jun 1943 in B-17 #425432 'The Hunting Club. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 22 June 1943
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Staff Sergeant Robert Castle. Ball Turret Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #4230211. A/C Hit by four enemy fighters over target. KIA. PH
Died 22 June 1943
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Lieutenant Roger Erickson. Pilot, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Lived on farm in North Dakota with Swedish immigrant parents and one brother; Graduated June 1937 from Agricultural & Training School, Maddock, ND; Inducted July 1942
Died 22 June 1944
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Major Robert Smith. Pilot, 367th Fighter Group. Flew with the 16th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group in China in 1942. Pilot of P-40E-1 "KatyDid"; credited with four aerial victories. Later transferred to the 394th Fighter Squadron, 367th Fig
Died 22 June 1944
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Second Lieutenant Ollie Gibbs. Fighter Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. KITA (killed in training accident in P-47 1 mile sW of duxford plane P-47D #42-26623 stalled
Died 22 June 1944
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Sergeant Robert Kincaid. Waist Gunner, 390th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17G #42-102505.
Died 22 June 1944
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Second Lieutenant Robert Walker. Navigator, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. AC # 41-23832 'Maggie' was hit by flak in the target area , Wilhelmshaven, Germany March 22, 1943. Losing altitude and falling behind the formation, it was attack
Died 22 June 1950
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Staff Sergeant William Bennett. Military Occupation Specialty 821-Quartermaster Supply Technician, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 22 June 1993
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Frank Parker. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 22 June 2004
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