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Mission date: 27 December 1944
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Captain Edward Nachowitz. Troop carrier Pilot, 439th Troop Carrier Group.
Died 27 December 1944
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Flight Officer Stanley Erickson. Pilot, Co-pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG 546th BS on AAF Station 106 special Orders #157 dated 5 August 1944, John G Mohler Crew. Killed on return from a mission on 27 December 1944.
Died 27 December 1944
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Second Lieutenant Jerome Andrews. Pilot, 446th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed on takeoff It took off in the fog and crashed, three crew members were injured, the rest of the crew escaped unhurt, only the pilot Andrews was killed.
Died 27 December 1944
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Second Lieutenant Paul Stern. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #139 dated 16 July 1944, Edward LeDonne Crew, 27 combat missions.
Died 27 December 1944
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Second Lieutenant Robert Barrier. Pilot, B-17, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #243 dated 11 December 1944, as crew Pilot, one combat mission.
Died 27 December 1944
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Sergeant Joseph Carriere. BAll Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #148 dated 26 July 1944, Donald Duesler Crew, 27 combat missions.
Died 27 December 1944
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Sergeant Thomas Hannis. Radio Operator, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #234 dated 28 November 1943, Raymond Cook Crew, 4 combat missions.
Died 27 December 1944
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Staff Sergeant Albert Chacho. Flexible Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. 42-31484 JD-F, MAIRSY DOATS sustained battle damage and attempted to land away at RAF Manston, Kent. Crashed into aircraft in the dispersal area and exploded, killing the entire crew. He com
Died 27 December 1944
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Staff Sergeant Arthur McCloskey. Tail Gunner, Flexible Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #150 dated 28 July 1944, Francis Cepits Crew, 31 combat missions.
Died 27 December 1944
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Staff Sergeant Edward Kaloc. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. 42-31484 JD-F, MAIRSY DOATS sustained battle damage and attempted to land away at RAF Manston, Kent. Crashed into aircraft in the dispersal area and exploded, killing the entire crew. Completed 2
Died 27 December 1944
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Staff Sergeant Harold Rogerson. Ball Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Transferred from 1774th Ordnance Support & Maintenance Company to the 546th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #143 dated 21 July 1944. 30 combat missions.
Died 27 December 1944
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Captain James Hodges. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. James P Hodges Jr. served as a pilot with the 56th Fighter Group during World War II. His P-47D-22-RE Thunderbolt (LM-Cbar, serial number 42-26060) crash-landed near Kornelimünster, Germany o
Died 27 December 1958
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First Lieutenant Robert Chibos. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 27 December 1964
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First Lieutenant Martin Buckner. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 27 December 1994
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Major Robert Johnson. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Robert S Johnson enlisted in 1941 and shortly selected for flying training as a bomber pilot, he was commissioned in July 1942. In January 1943, he was assigned to the 56th Fighter Group and travel
Died 27 December 1998
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First Lieutenant Russell Thompson. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 27 December 2003
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First Lieutenant Rolland Bushner. Pilot, 25th Bomb Group. Missions: 1944 - Aug 9 Saarbrucken; 12 Mourmelon sur Marne; 14 Dole/Tauaux/ 16 Madgeburg; 24 Hanover; 26 Dulmen; 30 Mainz; Sep 9 Mainz; 10 Ulm; 11 Madgeburg; Oct 5 Lippstadt; 7 Madgeburg; 9 Koblenz
Died 27 December 2011
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