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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY FUEL STORES AIRFIELD FUEL DUMP MARSHALLING YARDS AIRFIELD OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY MARSHALLING YARDS CHEMICAL WORKS OIL REFINERY.
Locations: ALZEY (Opportunistic) DEELEN (Seco
Mission date: 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Borås, Västergötland, Sweden
Taken 26 Aug 1944
Swedish National Heritage Board

COASTAL BATTERIES COASTAL BATTERIES COASTAL BATTERIES GUN BATTERIES BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY COASTAL BATTERIES COASTAL BATTERIES.
Locations: BREST/ILE LONGUE (Primary) BREST/KERVINIOV (Primary) BREST/PONSCORF (Prim
Mission date: 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT.
Locations: DULMEN GELSENKIRCHEN LUDWIGSHAVEN
Mission date: 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

FIGHTER ESCORT.
Locations:
Mission date: 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant Sherman Armsby. Fighter Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Assigned to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 5.5 destroyed, 2 damaged. Destroyed 3 x Bf109's on a single mission dated 20-Jul-44. Brought dow
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant Gerard Gallagher. Navigator, 379th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Damaged by flak and ditched in channel in B-17 Mairzy Doats #42107146 Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 26/8/44 with Edwin Spencer, Co-pilot: Mervyn Richards, Navigator
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant Herbert Rubin. Navigator, 446th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Hosendaal in B-24 Satan's Little Sister #42-50318. MACR 8472
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant Jack Crandell. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Kanach in P-51B 'Bottoms Up' 42-106917
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant Mervyn Richards. Co-Pilot, 379th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) on 26 August 1944 when co-piloting B-17 Mairzy Doats (serial number 42-107146) The aircraft was damaged by flak and ditched the North Sea.
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant Norman Rogers. Pilot, 491st Bomb Group. Crashed near Greven in B-24 Wham!Bam!Thank You Ma'M #42110107. Killed by German townspeople. 2nd Lieutenant Norman J. Rogers was born December 22, 1919. His next of kin were his wife, Mrs. No
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant Paul Bellamy. Pilot, 390th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). B-17 42-102936. Mid-air collision on form-up.
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant William Nunn. Pilot, 446th Bomb Group. 2nd Lieutenant William Nunn was born July 5, 1922. His next of kin were his wife, Myrtle Nunn, and his father, Fred Nunn. He was from Willowbrook, California. On August 26, 1944, he was the Pilot of
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Sergeant Carl Anderson. Tail Gunner, 446th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Hosendaal in B-24 Satan's Little Sister #4250318
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Sergeant Frederick O'Dell. Left Waist Gunner, 446th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Hosendaal in B-24 Satan's Little Sister #4250318
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Sergeant Richard Kriedeman. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) on 26 August 1944 when flying as a waist gunner in B-17 Mairzy Doats (serial number 42-107146). The aircraft was damaged by flak and ditched the North S
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Sergeant Robert Algee. Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner, 446th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Hosendaal in B-24 Satan's Little Sister #4250318
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Sergeant Sylvester Novak. Right Waist Gunner, 446th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Hosendaal in B-24 Satan's Little Sister #42-50318. MACR 8472
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant Richard Dawson. Top Turret Gunner, 446th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Hosendaal in B-24 Satan's Little Sister #4250318
Died 26 August 1944
American Air Museum

THE LIBERATION OF PARIS, AUGUST 1944
26 August 1944
Imperial War Museum

THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947
26 August 1944
Imperial War Museum

THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY, JUNE-SEPTEMBER 1944
26 August 1944
Imperial War Museum

THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945
26 August 1944
Imperial War Museum

Three women in a Rocklea war workers house Brisbane 1944
Taken 26 Aug 1944
State Library of Queensland, Australia

UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
26 August 1944
Imperial War Museum

UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
26 August 1944
Imperial War Museum

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