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FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT BOMBER ESCORT.
Locations: ESCHWEILER ESCHWEILER Eschweiler, Germany Frankfurt, Germany
Mission date: 24 January 1944
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Lieutenant Clifford Hahn. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Crashed into channel on 24 Jan 1944 in P-47D #42-7923. Killed in Action (KIA) DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 24 January 1944
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ZUKUNFT POWER STATION ZUKUNFT POWER STATION AIRCRAFT FACTORIES.
Locations: ESCHWEILER (Opportunistic) Eschweiler, Germany Frankfurt, Germany
Mission date: 24 January 1944
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Major Earl Abbott. Fighter Pilot, 352nd Fighter Group. Assigned to 89FS, 80FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 322FS, 326FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Aachen area. Last seen in pursuit of enemy A/
Died 24 January 1945
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Staff Sergeant Buryl Bonar. Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. 28 missions with the 67th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group.
Died 24 January 1957
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Lieutenant Colonel Michael Ryan. Navigator, 398th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 April 1945 in B-17 #4338664. Evaded for three days, then Prisoner of War (POW). Liberated 25 April 1945. AM/ POW
Died 24 January 1967
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Second Lieutenant John Gallien. Co-Pilot, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 24 January 2002
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Arthur Huggins. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 24 January 2003
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Captain Richard Braley. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF, Promoted to 1st Lieutenant 23-4-43, Designated Flight Commander D Flight 4-5-44 Promoted to Captain 25-5-44, Owner/Operator of Smit
Died 24 January 2006
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