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Staff Sergeant Francis Owens. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 381st Bomb Group. 'Bud' Owens was on B-17F 42-29928 when it was shot down near la Coulonche, Normandy on 4th July 1943. He managed to evade capture only to die of exposure attempting
Died 25 October 1943
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY OIL REFINERY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AIRFIELD OIL REFINERY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
Locations: GELSENKIRCHEN/NORDSTERN GRONUA HAMBURG/HARBURG HAMBURG/RHENA
Mission date: 25 October 1944
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) John Chismar. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 October 1969
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Captain John Garison. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Lead Crew Pilot
Died 25 October 1975
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Jesse LeBlanc. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 October 1999
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Major Mack McKay. Pilot ; Squadron Commander, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Strong notes that CPT. McKay was transferred to the 368th as a squadron leader prior to May 1. The previous summer, he and a Lt. Felts buzzed the Queen Elizabeth in their n
Died 25 October 2002
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Sergeant Charles Roberson. Ball Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31346 'Shack Rabbit.' Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4355. POW
Died 25 October 2005
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First Lieutenant Myron Calkins. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 October 2006
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First Lieutenant Douglas Pederson. Bomber Pilot/Fighter Piot, 4th Fighter Group. First Lieutenant Douglas P. Pederson hailed from Long Beach, California. He was a co-pilot on a B-24 Liberator. On one of his missions they had a serious accident and his cr
Died 25 October 2010
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