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Flight Officer Thomas Irvine. Co-Pilot, 351st Bomb Group. Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #4231179. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 31 December 1943
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INDUSTRIAL AREA AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD SHIPPING ATTACK AIRFIELD INDUSTRIAL AREA AIRFIELD.
Locations: BOIS-COLOMBES (Primary) BORDEAUX/MERIGNAC (Primary) COGNAC/CHATEAUBERNARD (Secondary) COGNAC/CHATEAUBERNARD(Primary) COGNAC/CHATEAU
Mission date: 31 December 1943
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Second Lieutenant Adolph Abraham. Co-Pilot, 448th Bomb Group. Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-24 #4229248. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 31 December 1943
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Second Lieutenant Warren Putman. , 351st Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 31 December 1943
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Second Lieutenant William Blackley. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-24 #4264493. Plane ditched in Channel. Killed in Action (KIA). AM/ PH
Died 31 December 1943
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Sergeant Albert Custer. Ball Turret Gunner, 351st Bomb Group. Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #4231179. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 31 December 1943
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Sergeant Kenneth Bair. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-24 #4264493. Plane ditched in Channel. Killed in Action (KIA). AM/ PH
Died 31 December 1943
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Sergeant Ray Prater. Top Turret Gunner, 351st Bomb Group. Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #4231179. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 31 December 1943
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Sergeant Thomas Roop. Ball Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-24 #4264493. Plane ditched in Channel. Killed in Action (KIA). AM/ PH
Died 31 December 1943
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Staff Sergeant Elgin Reid. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-24 #4264493. Plane ditched in Channel. Killed in Action (KIA). AM/ PH
Died 31 December 1943
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Staff Sergeant Harold Morris. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-24 #4264493. Plane ditched in Channel. Killed in Action (KIA). AM/ PH
Died 31 December 1943
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS COMMUNICATIONS TARGET COMMUNICATIONS TARGET RAILROAD RAIL BRIDGE RAIL BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY RADAR INSTALLATION RAIL BRIDGE RAIL BRIDGE HIGHWAY BRIDGE MARSHALLING YARD
Mission date: 31 December 1944
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Second Lieutenant Anthony Hawkins. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Crashed near Soltau in P-51 #4414626 Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 31 December 1944
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Second Lieutenant Richard Engel. Fighter Pilot, . Richard Engel grew up in Roebling, New Jersey. After finishing High School, he attended classes at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina where he was a Civil Engineering major. His Freshman a
Died 31 December 1944
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Staff Sergeant Edwin Glapa. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Delzjil in B-17 #4338845 Staff Sergeant Edwin F. Glapa was born February 12, 1922. His next of kin were his wife, Winifred Glapa, and his
Died 31 December 1944
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First Lieutenant Harold Kendall. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Harold Kendall was assigned to the 93rd Bomber Group / 409th Bomber Squadron and flew missions from England until the 93rd was temporarily assigned to fly out of North Africa in
Died 31 December 1967
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Harold Hummer. Engineer, 379th Bomb Group.
Died 31 December 1970
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Captain Mahlon Mattison. Bombardier - Squadron Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 31 December 1971
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Second Lieutenant Wiley Williams. Navigator, 96th Bomb Group. POW Crashed near Laubental in B-17 I'll Be Around on 9/10/44 Plane #4337603 Wiley's aircraft, I'll Be Around, was damaged by flak on it's 25th mission on Sept 10, 1944. T
Died 31 December 1996
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Staff Sergeant William Pimm. Tail Gunner, . Crew member of B-24 Liberator #4111817 'Stinger' participated in the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid returning safely to Libya with only one crewmember WIA.
Died 31 December 1997
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Private Junior Hollenbeck. Waist Gunner, 493rd Bomb Group. Bob Hollenbeck was Wounded in Action in a Take-Off crash that killed a number of his crew. Later transferred to 493rd Bomb Group, 862 Bomb Squadron at Debach.
Died 31 December 2000
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First Lieutenant John Clerkin. Navigator/Assistant Group Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 31 December 2001
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First Lieutenant Richard Aldrich. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed tour of duty Sept. 20, 1945.
Died 31 December 2007
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Second Lieutenant Melvin Durst. Co-Pilot, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Prisoner of War (POW). 23 missions. Shot down 16 Feb 1945 in AC #43-39081. After bypassing the primary target Langendreer because of smog, the crew was ordered to p
Died 31 December 2008
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Lieutenant Colonel Harold Gantert. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down in B-17G 42-102448 on 26 April 1944. After bombs away, the ship was attacked by an Me-109, which made one pass from the tail; the left wing caught fire and the pilot dived into the
Died 31 December 2013
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