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FIGHTER ESCORT.
Locations: Brest, France Bolt Head, Salcombe, Devon Great Sampford, Saffron Walden, Essex
Mission date: 26 September 1942
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Second Lieutenant Leonard Ryerson. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, shipped overseas, assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, Transferred to 336FS 4FG 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) 26 September 1942. Crashed near Morlaix, France, out of fuel in Spitfi
Died 26 September 1942
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DIVERSION MEULON LES MUREAUX and CITROEN FACTORIES UNKNOWN TARGET AIRFIELD.
Locations: MEULAN/ LES MUREAUX PARIS (Primary) REIMS/ CHAMPAGNE (Primary)
Mission date: 26 September 1943
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First Lieutenant Paul Yannello. Pilot, 385th Bomb Group. Paul M Yannello was Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 42-30264 'Dorsal Queen' in a mid-air collision with 'Raunchy Wolf' on return from mission near Paris. Plane crashed at Tillingh
Died 26 September 1943
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Staff Sergeant Marion McGinnis. Right Waist Gunner, 385th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 42-30264 'Dorsal Queen' in a mid-air collision with 'Raunchy Wolf' on return from mission near Paris. Plane crashed at Tillingham Hall
Died 26 September 1943
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY ARMORED VEHICLE FACTORY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MARSHALLING YARDS AIRFIELD INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MARSHALLING YARDS AIRFIELD.
Locations: Bremen, Germany BREMERHAVEN (Opportunistic) HAMM (Primary) HE
Mission date: 26 September 1944
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First Lieutenant Donald Fehrenbach. Bombardier, 447th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down near Bremerhaven in B-17 'Hurry Home' #4337818 September 26, 1944. Listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery in Margra
Died 26 September 1944
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First Lieutenant Robert Calef. Pilot, 447th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Oldenburg in B-17 'Hurry Home' #4337818
Died 26 September 1944
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Staff Sergeant Frank Martin. Ball Turret Gunner, 447th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down near Bremerhaven, Germany, in B-17 "Hurry Home" #4337818. SSgt. Frank J. Martin was the ball turret gunner in the "Hurry Home". He wa
Died 26 September 1944
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Staff Sergeant Wayne Thompson. Tail Gunner, 447th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down near Bremerhaven, Germany, in B-17 "Hurry Home" #4337818 during mission 648, the bombing of Bremerhaven. Wayne S. Thompson was the tail gunner of the
Died 26 September 1944
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Technical Sergeant Paul Krubel. Radio Operator, 447th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down near Bremerhaven, Germany, in B-17 "Hurry Home" #4337818. TSgt. Paul Redmond Krubel serial number 11069263 was born March 18, 1921, and was kille
Died 26 September 1944
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First Lieutenant James Cole. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 26 September 2001
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