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Second Lieutenant Herbert Korenko. Navigator, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. Herb Korenko was an outstanding baseball and football player in high school and college. In January 1942, Korenko transferred from the National Guard to the USAAF and was commissioned
Died 29 May 1943
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OIL REFINERIES AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AIRFIELD AIRFIELD INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AIRCRAFT DEPOT
Mission date: 29 May 1944
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Second Lieutenant Bert Moran. Pilot, 447th Bomb Group. Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #42107052. Killed in Action (KIA). PH
Died 29 May 1944
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Staff Sergeant John Blaida. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 392nd Bomb Group. John M. Blaida was born in 1923 to John and Helen Blaida. He grew up in Monroe, Michigan at 216 Almyre Ave. He had one older brother Joseph and two younger sisters E
Died 29 May 1944
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First Lieutenant Harold Frederick. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Lt. Harold H. Fredericks was shot down by flak on 6 June 1944. He evaded capture and was returned to duty. On 29 May 1945, while ferrying surplus aircr
Died 29 May 1945
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Oscar Conner. Medical Corpsman, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 May 1990
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Shanklin. Co-Pilot/Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 May 1999
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First Lieutenant Keith Merrill. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 May 2003
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Second Lieutenant Richard Grandpre. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #4230076. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 29 May 2006
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First Lieutenant Wesley Vawter. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 May 2009
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