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SCOUTING MISSION OIL DEPOT OIL DEPOT OIL DEPOT MUNITIONS DUMP.
Locations: BUCKEN EHMEN HITZACKER SCHMALGE
Mission date: 25 March 1945
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First Lieutenant Robert Owen. Co-Pilot, 355th Fighter Group.
Died 25 March 1946
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Verdun Price. Tail Gunner, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 25 March 1974
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First Lieutenant William Babcock. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 March 1983
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First Lieutenant Jack Larsen. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. B-17F #42-29717 'Mr. Five By Five' was last seen with one engine feathered and heading towards Switzerland on a mission to Stuttgart, Germany on 25 Feb 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 25 March 1986
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Second Lieutenant Robert Couse. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Died 25 March 2000
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Colonel Thomas Bailey. Fighter Pilot, 356th Fighter Group. Assigned to 361FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. WIA in combat with Bf109, returned to base RTD. 91 missions, credited 1 kill. ETD. Awards: DFC, Bronze Star, AM (3OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME, American Campa
Died 25 March 2004
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Lieutenant Colonel Willard Turner. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #29 dated 5 February 1945, Willard J. Turner III Crew. 29 combat missions.
Died 25 March 2007
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) John Brockman. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 March 2013
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