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Mission date: 29 December 1944
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Second Lieutenant Lionel Leitner. Bombardier, 398th Bomb Group. Evaded (EVD) crashed on 29 Dec 44 in Luxembourg in B-17 'Ramprooster' #42107188 in Bingen, Germany
Died 29 December 1944
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Technical Sergeant Harry Miller. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-24 #4252567. Landed in Switzerland. Interned. ATO/ GC/ EAME w/ 2 battle stars
Died 29 December 1959
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Captain Calvin Owens. Pilot/Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Was originally the pilot of Crew #416. After being shot up badly on 11 April 1944, the crew was disbanded. After serving as 784th BS engineering officer for a time, Owens returned to combat. He fl
Died 29 December 1994
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Captain John Ryan. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Shot down 6 March 1943 in B-17F 42-5130 'Sweet Pea', 306BG/367BS while serving as Pilot. The aircraft was on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. At the time he was
Died 29 December 2003
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First Lieutenant Robert Hosek. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF in 1964 with the rank of Lt. Colonel
Died 29 December 2005
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Technical Sergeant Theodore Mazor. Radio Operator, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Theodore Mazor was Radio Operator on B-17F #42-29656 "Skunkface" of 91st Bomb Group / 322nd Bomb Squadron, shot down by fighters on a mission to Leipzig on
Died 29 December 2006
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William Polley. , . Spent 3 Years in ETO in England, France and Belgium, Photographed Windsor and Maidenhead, area whilst on leave.
Died 29 December 2010
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