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FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT.
Locations: BEAUVAIS/ NIVILLERS SAINT-ANDRE-DE-L'EURE MONTDIDIER BEAUVAIS/ NIVILLERS MONTDIDIER SAINT-ANDRE-DE-L'EURE
Mission date: 24 October 1943
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Second Lieutenant Carl Cross. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 24 October 1943 AM
Died 24 October 1943
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Captain Charles Hess. Pilot, 401st Bomb Group. Killed in Training(KIT) Died non Battle (DNB) in P-51B 43-6768, training accident 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF, having already completed 25 bombing missions with 401st BG, he was going to join the 1st Scouting Force.
Died 24 October 1944
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First Lieutenant George Griesbach. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Completed a 30 mission tour Killed while flying at Co-Pilot on United Airlines 608 when it crashed in Bryce Canyon, UT.
Died 24 October 1947
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Major Jack Beard. Squadron Executive Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 24 October 1987
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Sergeant Loy Eller. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 24 October 2001
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