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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY AIRFIELD AIRFIELD CHEMICAL WORKS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AIRCRAFT FACTORY AIRFIELD AIRFIELD.
Locations: CRIEL (Primary) LAON/ATHIES (Primary) LUDWIGSHAFEN (Primary) MUNICH (Primary) MUNICH-ALLACH (Primary) POIX (Opportunis
Mission date: 31 July 1944
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FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT.
Locations: LAON LUDWIGHAVEN MUNICH
Mission date: 31 July 1944
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First Lieutenant Joseph DeRidder. Co-Pilot, 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 31 July 1944 Shot down by flak and crashed at Schleissheim in B-17 Devil's Luck #4232030 AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 31 July 1944
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Flight Officer Chester Pluta. Bombardier, 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed at Schleissheim in B-17 Devil's Luck #4232030
Died 31 July 1944
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Lieutenant Joseph DeRidder. Co-Pilot, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 31 July 1944
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PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION SCOUTING MISSION WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION CARPETBAGGER MISSION.
Locations: ATLANTIC OCEAN CARPETBAGGER
Mission date: 31 July 1944
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Second Lieutenant Harvey Dellwardt. Navigator, 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 31 July 1944 Shot down by flak and crashed at Schleissheim in B-17 Devil's Luck #4232030 PH
Died 31 July 1944
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Second Lieutenant Ora Castrup. Pilot, 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed at Schleissheim in B-17 Devil's Luck #4232030
Died 31 July 1944
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Sergeant John McCleary. Tail Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 31 July 1944 Shot down by flak and crashed at Schleissheim in B-17 Devil's Luck #4232030 PH
Died 31 July 1944
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Sergeant Pasquale Spina. Ball Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 31 July 1944 Shot down by flak and crashed at Schleissheim in B-17 Devil's Luck #4232030 PH
Died 31 July 1944
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Staff Sergeant Harry Guvette. Radio Operator, 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed at Schleissheim in B-17 Devil's Luck #4232030
Died 31 July 1944
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Staff Sergeant Louis Koch. Left Waist Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down by flak and crashed at Viernhsim in B-24 41-28778 Killed in Action (KIA). Fighting fire in bomb bay with S/Sgt Marshall A Tharpe when a chute opened catching fire and engulfing them
Died 31 July 1944
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Staff Sergeant Marshall Tharpe. Top Turret Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down by flak and crashed at Viernhsim in B-24 41-28778 Killed in Action (KIA). Fighting fire in bomb bay with S/Sgt Louis F Koch when his chute opened catching fire and engulfing th
Died 31 July 1944
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Technical Sergeant Ira Robinson. Top Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 31 July 1944 Shot down by flak and crashed at Schleissheim in B-17 Devil's Luck #4232030 DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 31 July 1944
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Technical Sergeant Leon Bamforth. Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. died after being struck by shrapnel while serving as a top turret gunner on a mission over Germany in July 1944, during World War II.
Died 31 July 1944
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THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY, JUNE-SEPTEMBER 1944
31 July 1944
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