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Sergeant William Butler. , 402nd Air Depot. Sergeant William D. Butler was born December 10, 1896. His next of kin were his wife, Agnes J. Butler, and his daughter, Agnes P. Butler. He was from Montebello, California. While assigned to the 402nd Air Depot
Died 25 December 1943
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Mission date: 25 December 1944
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Captain Donald Emerson. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Born 17 May 1923, Donald was raised on a farm in Minnesota during the Great Depression. He graduated from high school in 1941, not having excelled to any degree academically. He did not feel destin
Died 25 December 1944
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Corporal Charles Lahey. Medical Corps, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Charles Lahey (1923–1944) was a Medical Corpsman. The 1930 Census shows that Lahey’s father was a salesman and his mother was of German descent; Charles &
Died 25 December 1944
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First Lieutenant Bobbie Rankin. Pilot, 474th Fighter Group. Pilot P-38. Assigned to 428th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group, 9th AF. On Strafing run at La Roche, Belgium, hit by flak as A/C leveled off, bursting into flames. A/C climbed 2-300ft before
Died 25 December 1944
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Lieutenant John Tiedemann. Navigator, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down near Prum on 12/25/44 in B-24 #4250612 Killed in Action (KIA) KIA
Died 25 December 1944
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Major George Preddy. Fighter Pilot, 352nd Fighter Group. Major Preddy flew 143 combat missions, logged 532 cluster,combat hours was shot down over Belgium by friendly fire (allied artillery). He was 25. At the time he was Commanding Officer of the 328th F
Died 25 December 1944
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Second Lieutenant Hiding Johnson. Fighter Pilot, 366th Fighter Group. On Christmas Day, 1944, a P-47, piloted by second Lt. Hilding Roy Johnson, crashed while on a mission in support of Allied efforts during the Battle of the Bulg
Died 25 December 1944
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Staff Sergeant Adolphus Stine. Tail Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down in Luxembourg in B-24 Old Glory #42100372 Killed in Action (KIA). 4 crew members survived, but were captured by the Germans and imprisoned at Dulag-Luft West.
Died 25 December 1944
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Staff Sergeant Andrew Sutter. Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down in Luxembourg in B-24 'Old Glory' #42100372 Killed in Action (KIA) KIA
Died 25 December 1944
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First Lieutenant Robert Collins. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 December 1962
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Sergeant David Danneman. Togglier, Enlisted Nose Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29870 'Big Moose.' Prisoner of War (POW), Missing Air Crew Report #1038. POW
Died 25 December 1967
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First Lieutenant Jack Bartuska. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Served combat tours in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel
Died 25 December 1972
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Lavoughn Baker. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 December 1985
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Second Lieutenant Frank Leonard. Co-Pilot, 401st Bomb Group.
Died 25 December 1991
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First Lieutenant George Weddell. Co-Pilot, 34th Bomb Group. WWII, Korea DFC/ AM 4Oak Leaf Cluster/ 5 Battle Stars Retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel
Died 25 December 2005
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Donald Porter. Top Turret Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters on the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin and crashed near Staphorst, Holland on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31373 'Flak Stop'. Evad
Died 25 December 2012
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