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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS FIGHTER SWEEPS MARSHALLING YARDS RAIL BRIDGE MARSHALLING YARDS COMMUNICATIONS CENTER RAIL BRIDGE.
Locations: ANDERNACH BONN NEUWIED NEUWIED NIEDERLAHNSTEIN SINZIG SINZIG
Mission date: 26 December 1944
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First Lieutenant John Griffin. Pilot, P-38 Model J-15, 370th Fighter Group. John V. "Jack" Griffin was the oldest son of George Joseph Griffin and Irene Margaret Bailey Griffin. His sister, Patricia Griffin Burch, refers to him as "the han
Died 26 December 1944
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Staff Sergeant Orval Reeder. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down at Madgeburg on 9/11/44 in B-24 #4295258 POW 1942 USAAF Serial Numbers 2-95023/95288 Ford B-24H-25-FO Liberator - c/n 1788/2053 Pilot: First
Died 26 December 1969
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Staff Sergeant Robert Atkinson. Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97372. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew report #4349. POW
Died 26 December 1972
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Sergeant James Black. Military Occupation Specialty 383-Fire Fighter, 384th Bomb Group. •Promoted to Corporal on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #163 dated 9 December 1943 •Promoted to Sergeant on AF Station 106 Special Orders #31 dated 15 Februa
Died 26 December 1996
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First Lieutenant Ligon Moore. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 26 December 2005
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First Lieutenant Clifton Stauff. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 26 December 2011
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