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Mission date: 25 December 1944
American Air Museum

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
American Air Museum

Cesena : Cooks of a Basuto Pioneer Company preparing the midday dinner on Christmas Day, 1944
25 December 1944
Imperial War Museum

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
American Air Museum

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
American Air Museum

Het programma van een Kerstsamenkomst op 25 december 1944 voor de Nederlandse tewerkgestelden in Bocholt, waarvoor de organisator vanuit Aalten op clandestiene wijze de grens wist over te komen. Uit het boek Aalten in Oorlogstijd van J.G. ter Horst
25 December 1944
Aaltense Musea

Kerstmenu, 25 december 1944, van een diner in het krijgsgevangenen kamp Stalag IV B in Mühlberg a/d Elbe uit het bezit van D. van Maarseveen
25 December 1944
Rijksmuseum

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
American Air Museum

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
American Air Museum

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
American Air Museum

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
American Air Museum

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
American Air Museum

UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
25 December 1944
Imperial War Museum

UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
25 December 1944
Imperial War Museum

UNITED STATES NINTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
25 December 1944
Imperial War Museum

UNITED STATES NINTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
25 December 1944
Imperial War Museum

UNITED STATES NINTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
25 December 1944
Imperial War Museum