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Second Lieutenant Dunstan Hartley. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) near Heteren in P-47 #4228635 78th FG 83rd FS. 2nd Lt Dunstan Hartley,from Sagle, Idaho, was lost (MIA) on 23rd September 1944 when he was hit by flak i
Died 23 September 1944
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Sergeant Wayne Martin. Engineer-Gunner, 344th Bomb Group. Sergeant Wayne Love Martin was born January 23, 1922. His next of kin were his wife, Dolores Martin, and his parents, Roy and Ameda Martin. He was from Detroit, Michigan. On September 23, 1944, he
Died 23 September 1944
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Captain Ettry Oates. Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Growing up in Mexia, Ettry Oates attended Mexia High School. Afterwards, he started studies in September 1938 at the Texas Technological College in Lubbock. He enlisted in the Air Corps in April 1942 and com
Died 23 September 1966
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Flight Officer Bernard Dopko. Pilot, 388th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Retired from the USAF as a Captain
Died 23 September 1991
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First Lieutenant Carl Hitchcock. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #4128754 'Tell Me More. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 23 September 1995
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Harry Brainard. Right Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Damaged by flak and fighters and landed in Sweden on 6/21/44 in B-24 Lvly Ldy's Avngr # 4440093 INT
Died 23 September 2000
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Second Lieutenant Louis Ritt. Pilot, Co-Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down in B-17 42-3459 BK-F, JOLLY ROGER on Mission 101, 23 September 1943. Missing Air Crew Report #748. POW
Died 23 September 2002
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Colonel Edwin Taylor. Pilot, 371st Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121S, transferred to 133S. 31-5-42 Fw190 Damaged, 31-7-42 3 x E/A Destroyed 1 x Damaged, WIA. Hospitalised for wounds received. Nomination for DFC los
Died 23 September 2003
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Second Lieutenant Francisco Mercado. Bombardier, 491st Bomb Group. Francisco Mercado, Jr. (February 17, 1920 – September 23, 2005) was a member of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross who earned h
Died 23 September 2005
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First Lieutenant Carl Herbst. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. 30 missions in ETO Air Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC
Died 23 September 2007
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Floyd Anderson. Inspector/Quality Control Specialist, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 September 2010
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George Reall. Bombardier, 467th Bomb Group. Flew at least 14 Carpetbagger missions with the 492nd BG. Prior to that had flown an unknown number of combat missions with the 467th BG
Died 23 September 2012
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