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Second Lieutenant David Baldock. Fighter Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. Assigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) training mission 23-Aug-45 whilst on instruments went into spin and didnt recover. Pilot 2nd Lt David N Baldock KIFA.
Died 23 August 1945
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First Lieutenant Richard Akard. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. First lieutenant in the Air Force during World War II, assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. Flew 90 European missions and received both the D
Died 23 August 1956
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Brigadier General Orvil Anderson. Deputy Commander of Operations, . He served as chief of the Plans Division, Headquarters Army Air Force, 1941-1943; chairman of the Combined Operational Planning Committee, European Theater of Operations, 1943-44; deputy
Died 23 August 1965
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Major Woodrow Sooman. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed West of Remagen/Rhine after aborting an escort and support mission to Southern Germany due to a glycol leak on 18 Mar 1944 in P-51B 43-6936. POW. MACR 3382.
Died 23 August 1979
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Staff Sergeant Paul Carter. Left Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 23 August 1988
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Carl Mikel. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 August 1995
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Captain Guy Bowman. Squadron Gunnery Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 August 2001
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First Lieutenant Bert Bernstein. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 August 2005
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Captain David Bridgers. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 August 2007
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Herman Juneau. Left Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 August 2012
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