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General Henry Arnold. Commanding General of Army Air Forces, . Became "chief of the Army Air Forces on June 30, 1941, and that December he got a third star. When the War Department General Staff was organized in March 1942 Arnold became commanding ge
Died 15 January 1950
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Captain Kenneth Peterson. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down in P-51B #43-6696 by FW 190 while taking on 12 E/A single handed to save the crew of a disabled B-17 and won the DSC for th
Died 11 March 1950
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Second Lieutenant Robert Walker. Navigator, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. AC # 41-23832 'Maggie' was hit by flak in the target area , Wilhelmshaven, Germany March 22, 1943. Losing altitude and falling behind the formation, it was attack
Died 22 June 1950
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First Lieutenant Ernest Fiebelkorn. Fighter Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. credited with destroying 9 enemy aircraft in aerial combat, 1 damaged & 2 enemy aircraft on the ground while strafing enemy airfields. AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC w/ Oak Leaf C
Died 6 July 1950
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Brigadier General Robert Travis. Commanding Officer, . Travis AFB in CA. named after him. Brother of William Livingston Travis. Robert was Commander of 41st CBW composed of 303rd,384th,and the 379th BG He was killed in a B-29 crash . He had been thrown cl
Died 5 August 1950
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Major Louis Sebille. Pilot, 322nd Bomb Group. Seville joined the US military on the 21st December 1941 after Pearl Harbor in the patriotic rush. He joined the USAAF and began flight training in January 1942. He was commissioned in July of the same ye
Died 5 August 1950
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Corporal Vervene Young. Armourer, 4th Fighter Group.
Died 10 November 1950
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