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Mission date: 26 October 1944
American Air Museum

Captain Fred Brink. Pilot, 7th Photographic Group.
Died 26 October 1944
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant Wallace Bragg. Pilot, 452nd Bomb Group. had mid-aircollision over Great Britain 26 October 1944 in AC #4338696. Killed in Action (KIA). DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 26 October 1944
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Second Lieutenant Francis Kunze. Special Wireless Operator / H2X (Mickey) operator, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. Disappeared on secret mission, no MACR, only he and a sargeant made this trip over the English Channel. Story told his mother, he flew out and nev
Died 26 October 1944
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Major General Don Ostrander . Ordnance and Armament Officer, . General Ostrander was born in Stockbridge MI, attended local schools and studied engineering at Western State College, MI. He entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in June 1933 and g
Died 26 October 1972
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Lieutenant Colonel Frank Elliott. Squadron Commander - Command Pilot - Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Brigadier General Frank B. Elliott was born in Washington, D.C., in 1917. He graduated from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., with a degree in chemical engi
Died 26 October 2002
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Captain Morris Englehardt. Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs.
Died 26 October 2012
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Second Lieutenant Alexander McNair. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #85 dated 6 May 1944, William A. Fairfield Jr. Crew, 30 combat missions.
Died 26 October 2012
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Staff Sergeant Earl Baker. Togglier, Flexible Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. 14 October 1943 on return from Schweinfurt mission, B17#42-29784 'Smilin'-Thru' crashed at Wiltshire with crew baling out. All returned to duty.
Died 26 October 2014
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