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First Lieutenant Robert Adams. Fighter Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Carlsruhe Koblenz hit by flak and crashed near Heppenheim in P-51D 'Pat' 44-14678 25-Jan-45. Killed i
Died 25 January 1945
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Flight Officer William Ramsom. Navigator/Bombardier, 391st Bomb Group. Flight Officer William V. Ransom was born July 4, 1925. His next of kin were his mother, Abbie Ransom, and his sister, Catherine Molstad. He was from Seattle, Washington. On January 25
Died 25 January 1945
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Technical Sergeant Angus Johnson. Flight Engineer; Gunner, 381st Bomb Group. Air Medal w/5 Oak Leaf Cluster ; EAFMES Medal w/4 bronze stars Good Conduct Medal; 1 Overseas Serv Bars
Died 25 January 1963
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General Maurice Preston. Commanding Officer, 379th Bomb Group. First Commander of the 379th BG Silver Star w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 25 January 1983
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Lynn Etchison. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 January 1997
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Second Lieutenant James Valentime. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 January 2008
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Lieutenant Colonel James Ayers. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. At the age of 19 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and became an Aviation Cadet, graduating in January 1944 at Foster Field, Texas. As Cadet CO, he opted for P-51 training at Winter Hav
Died 25 January 2010
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Staff Sergeant Willard McLain. Ball Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters and flak in B-17 42-5843 SO-S, BLACK GHOST; crashed near Beauvais, France; MACR 1455. EVADED Escape and Evasion Report Number 270
Died 25 January 2010
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First Sergeant Edward Whaley. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Prisoner of War (POW). Heroically saved a fellow crewmate Philip Carroll. After Carroll was injured and unconscious due
Died 25 January 2012
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Second Lieutenant Richard Rozner. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 January 2012
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