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DIESEL ENGINE WORKS/SHIP YARD NAVAL BASE AIRCRAFT FACTORY.
Locations: HAMBURG (Secondary) HEIDE (Target of Opportunity) KIEL (Opportunistic) RERICK/ WEST (Target of Opportunity) WARNEMUNDE (Primary)
Mission date: 25 July 1943
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Second Lieutenant George Janicek. Bombardier, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 42-3024 'Royal Flush'. Killed in action.
Died 25 July 1943
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Staff Sergeant Edwin Bachman. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #423277. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 25 July 1943
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Staff Sergeant John Holmes. Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down in B-17 42-3024 BK-K, ROYAL FLUSH on 25 July 1943. Killed in Action, Missing Air Crew Report #16117.
Died 25 July 1943
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Staff Sergeant John Jackson. Flexible Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG 544th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #42 dated 4 July 1943, P J Ward Crew. 2 combat missions. Shot down on 25 July 1943 in B-17 42-3024 BK-K, 'ROYAL FLUSH
Died 25 July 1943
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Staff Sergeant William Patton. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 25 July 1943
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Technical Sergeant Nicholas Ciamarra. Ball Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down on his second mission, 25 July 1943 in B-17 #423024 'Royal Flush' KIA, MACR# 16117. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106
Died 25 July 1943
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY TROOP CONCENTRATION.
Locations: MARGNY-SAINT-GILLES REGION MARGNY-SAINT-GILLES REGION MARGNY-SAINT-GILLES REGION
Mission date: 25 July 1944
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Gerald Howard. Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 25 July 1997
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Captain John Brown. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121S, transferred to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF, Tour expired ETD.
Died 25 July 1999
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First Lieutenant Donald Patchen. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber support mission to Berlin, his P-51B Mustang 43-6584 was hit by flak in cooling system, Lt Patchen abandoned A/C 10 miles N
Died 25 July 1999
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Captain John Wheelahan. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. "Our pilot was a former 4-engine instructor and we had all the confidence in the world in his flying skills." - Sidney Bouwer, Navigator
Died 25 July 2001
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Stephen Reiter. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 July 2005
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Staff Sergeant Joseph Bagatti. MOS 632, Parachute Rigger and Repairman, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG, 546th BS on Gowen Field, Idaho, Special Orders #362 dated 28 December 1942, as a member of the original squadron cadre.
Died 25 July 2008
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Staff Sergeant William Edmiston. Radio Operator, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters on 7 January 1944 in B-17F #41-24525 'What's Cooking Doc?' Prisoner of War (POW). Crashed at Port-le-Grand, France. Missing Air Crew Report #1608 POW
Died 25 July 2015
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