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Second Lieutenant Manuel Aldecoa. Fighter Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) on 25-Nov-43 when his aircraft, P-38H 42-6706 sustained a mid-air collision with a Fw-190 over Cuinchy, France while on a missi
Died 25 November 1943
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS OIL REFINERY.
Locations: BINGEN MERSEBURG/LEUNA
Mission date: 25 November 1944
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Second Lieutenant Robert Davis. B-17 Co-Pilot, 398th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) at Nuthampstead while trying to land in heavy fog returning from a mission over Merseberg, Germany. Buried at the American Cemetery near Cambridge. His regular pilot
Died 25 November 1944
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Staff Sergeant Wetzel Kimball. , 387th Bomb Group.
Died 25 November 1944
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First Lieutenant Francis Spigelmire. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 November 1969
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Sergeant Ernest Serna. Right Waist Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Ernest Serna was Right Waist Gunner on B-17F #42-29656 "Skunkface" of 91st Bomb Group / 322nd Bomb Squadron, shot down by fighters on a mission to Leipzig on 20 Fe
Died 25 November 1979
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Martin Sternberg. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Dr. Martin Sternberg graduated from medical school after the war.
Died 25 November 1994
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Smith Lay. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 November 1998
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First Lieutenant Ralph Searle. Bombardier, 100th Bomb Group. Ralph Searle was part of the original 487th Bomb Group and flew on B-24 #41-29478 'The Weary Wolf'. He transferred to the 418th Bomb Squadron of the 100th Bomb Group and flew as bomba
Died 25 November 2003
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Flight Lieutenant James Gray. Pilot, . James Gray was in college and taking a civilian pilot training course when the European war began. "I tried for the U.S. Army Air Corps and couldn’t pass the physical," he says. "I heard that the
Died 25 November 2009
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Earl Carter. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Flew last 8 missions over Germany. King palace yard on VE Day.
Died 25 November 2009
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Dwight Shea. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 November 2011
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