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First Lieutenant Joseph Avendano. Pilot, 482nd Bomb Group. Flew on 1 Aug '43 raid on Ploesti. Was of Southwest Indian extraction, he served in Royal Canadian AF before transferring to AAF in England. Later killed in night practice mission with the 48
Died 23 January 1944
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Second Lieutenant Julius Seibel. Bombardier, 482nd Bomb Group. B24H #42-7672 crashed for unknown reasons near Shingay, Cambridgeshire on 23 Jan 1944 while on routine night training flight. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 23 January 1944
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Captain William Beatovich. Navigator, 398th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) at Heerdt in B-17 #448224
Died 23 January 1945
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Captain William Campbell. Bombardier, 398th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) at Heerdt in B-17 #448224
Died 23 January 1945
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Colonel Frank Hunter. Command Pilot, 398th Bomb Group. KIA at Heerdt in B=17 #448224 Was commanding officer of the 398th BG.
Died 23 January 1945
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Master Sergeant Lloyd Berry. Military Occupation Specialty 750-Airplane Maintenance Technician, Airplane Crew Chief, 384th Bomb Group. LEGION OF MERIT. LLOYD H. BERRY, 11033482, Master sergeant, Army Air Forces, United States Army. For exceptionally merit
Died 23 January 1975
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Staff Sergeant Joseph Sage. Left Waist Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-17 #42-30789 'Flak Suit' of 388th Bomb Group/563rd Bomb Squadron. Joseph Sage landed in the Neerstraat in Waasmunster, Belgium, to the East of Lokere
Died 23 January 1985
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Lieutenant Colonel Roy Caviness. Pilot - Group Commanding Officer, 361st Fighter Group.
Died 23 January 1995
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Lieutenant Colonel Millard Anderson. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 53 combat missions in P-51's. Awarded Air Medal for heroically sheparding a badly damaged B-17 (
Died 23 January 2001
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Staff Sergeant Andrew Tolmachoff. Tail Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Andrew Tolmachoff was the youngest of eleven children born to Russian immigrant parents. After graduating from high school he had aspirations to be a major league ba
Died 23 January 2004
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Sergeant Neldon Bishop. Ball Turret Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Neldon Bishop was Ball Turret Gunner on board B-17 # 42-97291 of 303rd Bomb Group / 359th Bomb Squadron. Lost on the 24 August 1944 mission to the Leuna refinery
Died 23 January 2005
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First Lieutenant Russell Swain. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 May 1944 in B-17 #4129391 'Little Lulu. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 23 January 2014
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