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AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY AIRFIELD AIR DEPOT.
Locations: LE MANS (Primary) TRIQUEVILLE (Primary) VILLACOUBLAY (Primary)
Mission date: 29 June 1943
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Second Lieutenant Jerome Levy. Navigator, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) in B-24 Little Warrior #4294812 that was hit by flak and crashed near Fallersleben SECOND LIEUTENANT JEROME LEVY was born in 1920 in New York to Simon and Sarah Levy. The
Died 29 June 1944
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Second Lieutenant William Hoyer. Pilot, 447th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed near Jahnsheim in B-17 #446027
Died 29 June 1944
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Sergeant Donald Downie. Ball Turret Gunner, 390th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Damaged by flak and ditched in channel in B-17 #4297830
Died 29 June 1944
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Staff Sergeant Cyrus Aidala. Ball Turret Gunner, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) on 6/29/44 in crash of B-24 Little Warrior near Fallersleben
Died 29 June 1944
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Staff Sergeant John Sanders. Right Waist Gunner, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 29 June 1944 in B-24 #4294810 'Little Warrior. '
Died 29 June 1944
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Staff Sergeant Sylvanus Haskell. Nose Gunner, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 29 June 1944 in B-24 #4294812 'Little Warrior. '
Died 29 June 1944
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Staff Sergeant Walter Boykowski. Tail Gunner, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 29 June 1944 in B-24 'Little Warrior. '
Died 29 June 1944
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Technical Sergeant Vernon Polzin. Top Turret Gunner, 493rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 29 June 1944 in B-24 #4294812 'Little Warrior'
Died 29 June 1944
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First Lieutenant Verdun Munroe. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Nijetrijne on 8/15/44 in B-24 #4295157 POW
Died 29 June 1966
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First Lieutenant Samuel Ellicott. Pilot, 445th Bomb Group. - Consolidated B-24H-1-CF Liberator #41-29117 "Lady Marie" of the 445th BG - 702nd BS - Lost 24 FEB 1944 - MACR #2555 - Crashed near Unterweit on a mission to Gotha, GR. - 1LT Samuel Ma
Died 29 June 1968
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Merritt McLaughlin. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 June 1987
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Captain Paul Ellington. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. AAC 1940, disciplined for hedge hopping, accepted honourable discharge rather than go into bombers as a Navigator or Bombardier. Spartan training Joined RAFVR Ottawa 12-41 Halifax to Merseyside [Pe
Died 29 June 2001
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Sergeant George Vann. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31346 'Shack Rabbit. ' Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4355. POW
Died 29 June 2001
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