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Second Lieutenant Harrison Wellman. Navigator, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs.
Died 28 January 1944
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MARSHALLING YARDS RAIL BRIDGE RAIL BRIDGE HIGHWAY BRIDGE MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OIL REFINERY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OIL REFINERY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
Locations: BIELEFELD
Mission date: 28 January 1945
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Lieutenant Henry Salva. Pathfinder Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. 1/28/1945 - Enroute to bomb Dortmund coke plant, plane was hit by flak burst in bombay area. Plane crashed near Essen. Lt. Salva did not survive the crash.
Died 28 January 1945
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Lieutenant William Schmoller. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 28 January 1945 crashed at Hoevel in B-24 #4250679 AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 28 January 1945
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Lieutenant Wilmar Weiss. Pilot, 94th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). Killed when his plane stalled on take-off on 28 Jan 45. Lt. Weiss and 6 of the crew were consumed by the blaze. The weather was the main factor (snowing and limited visibility). His
Died 28 January 1945
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Sergeant Paul Connors. Technician 4th Grade, Observer, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. On 28 January 1945, Sergeant Connors volunteered to fly as an observer with this crew. It was his first ride in an airplane. Enroute to bomb Dortmund coke plant,
Died 28 January 1945
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Sergeant Ralph Peeples. Crew Chief, 94th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 28 January 1945
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Major Dominic Gentile. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Don Gentile was born to Italian parents in Piqua, Ohio. As a boy he had always be fascinated with flying and built, as his mother remembered, hundreds of model airplanes. Don used to say to his m
Died 28 January 1951
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Wing Commander Robin Powell. Pilot, . Air ace with 7 destroyed, 2 shared, 1 unconfirmed destroyed, 3 probables and 4 damaged. DFC: 'This officer has displayed outstanding leadership and gallantry. In May, 1940, his flight, although greatly outnumbere
Died 28 January 1970
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Lieutenant Colonel Chesley Peterson. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Whilst serving with No. 71 Eagle Squadron, he was promoted to Flt Lt - the first American in the Eagle Squadrons to be promoted above the enlisted rank of Pilot Officer. In October
Died 28 January 1990
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Lieutenant Colonel Roland Wolfe. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Entered WW II through the RCAF into the RAF, flying with the 133 [Eagle] Squadron, while flying a Spitfire on a convoy patrol, suffered engine failure and baled out, landing in Eire, 13 miles fr
Died 28 January 1994
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Staff Sergeant Lawrence Graupner. Military Occupation Specialty 750, Crew Chief, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on Gowen Field, Idaho, Special Orders #362 dated 28 December 1942, as a member of the original squadro
Died 28 January 1994
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Paul Woodward. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 January 2001
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Seymour Kopels. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 January 2003
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Robert Larimer. Radio Operator, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 28 January 2007
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First Lieutenant Walter Harvey. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31346 'Shack Rabbit.' Evaded, MACR 4355. E&E Report #1103.
Died 28 January 2015
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