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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MOTOR VEHICLE FACTORY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY.
Locations: KASSEL/HENSCHEL (Primary) MAGDEBURG CITY (Secondary) MAGDEBURG/ROTHENSEE(Primary)
Mission date: 28 September 1944
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First Lieutenant John DuPont. Fighter Pilot, 364th Fighter Group. KIA shot down on 28 Sep 44 in P-51 'Copperhead' #4413932. He was killed on this day after a mission to Magdeburg, Ger. The plane crashed into a barn just outside Schladen and the
Died 28 September 1944
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Second Lieutenant Robert Lasker. Navigator, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Heiningen in B-17 'Silver Fox' #4338206
Died 28 September 1944
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Staff Sergeant Calvin Turkington. Tail Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Witmar in B-17 'Miss Umbriago' #4297187 Earlier December 16, 1943, on local formation training mission in B-17#4
Died 28 September 1944
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Staff Sergeant Sebastiano Peluso. Radio Operator, 384th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Ost Ingersleben in B-17 43-37822, 'Lead Banana'
Died 28 September 1944
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Harold Cyr. Tail Gunner, 401st Bomb Group. Shot down during bombing mission over Brunswick, Germany 30 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37856 'Fancy Nancy III. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 28 September 1978
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Captain Richard Hosman. Pilot, 398th Bomb Group. Col. USAF Ret.
Died 28 September 2012
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First Lieutenant James Gist. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 September 2012
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