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Mission date: 23 February 1945
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Major Raymond Smart. Fighter Pilot, 366th Fighter Group.
Died 23 February 1945
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Second Lieutenant John McGrady. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Went down 23 February 1945 in B-24 #42110160 'Chris Crate II. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Ditched in North Sea on 6th combat mission. Only 3 crewmen escaped and were rescued.
Died 23 February 1945
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Second Lieutenant Theodore Kolaya. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Forced to ditch due to engine fire/failure 23 February 1945 in B-24 #42110160 'Chris Crate II. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Ditched in North Sea on 6th combat mission. Only 3 crewmen escap
Died 23 February 1945
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Second Lieutenant Thomas Foley. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Went down 23 February 1945 in B-24 #42110160 'Chris Crate II. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Ditched in North Sea on 6th combat mission. Only 3 crewmen escaped and were rescued.
Died 23 February 1945
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Glenn Cowan. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) no body ever recovered. On 23 February 1945 in B-24 #42110160 'Chris Crate II' ditched in North Sea on 6th combat mission. Only 3 crewmen escaped an
Died 23 February 1945
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) John White. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Went down 23 February 1945 in B-24 #42110160 'Chris Crate II. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Ditched in North Sea on 6th combat mission. Only 3 crewmen escaped and were rescued.
Died 23 February 1945
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Ralph Wilson. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Went down 23 February 1945 in B-24 #42110160 'Chris Crate II. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Ditched in North Sea on 6th combat mission. Only 3 crewmen escaped and were rescue
Died 23 February 1945
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Staff Sergeant Everett Russell. Radio Operator, 458th Bomb Group. Staff Sergeant Everett E. Russell was born March 21, 1921. His next of kin were his wife, Genevieve Russell, his sons Richard and Larry Russell, and his father, Abe Russell. He was from St.
Died 23 February 1945
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Gerald Novell. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 February 1981
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Flight Lieutenant Earle Carlow. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to return from fighter sweep of Southern France. A/C P-51B #43-6639 hit by flak while strafing airfield and crashed SE of La Rochelle on a sweep of
Died 23 February 1987
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Louis Leone. Radio Operator; Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. DFC; Air Medal w /Oak Leaf Cluster's
Died 23 February 1995
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First Lieutenant Harold Tillson. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 February 1998
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Emerson Hall. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 February 1999
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