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First Lieutenant Edward Dwan. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 January 1967
American Air Museum

Major Leland Simpson. Assistant Group Bombardier, 445th Bomb Group. Original 445th BG Group Bombardier; served with actor Jimmy Stewart; flew 35 missions most with lead crews DFC, 2nd Award; Air Medal, 4th Award; WW2 Victory Medal' Amer Defense w/st
Died 15 January 1967
American Air Museum

Lieutenant Colonel Michael Ryan. Navigator, 398th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 April 1945 in B-17 #4338664. Evaded for three days, then Prisoner of War (POW). Liberated 25 April 1945. AM/ POW
Died 24 January 1967
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant Leighton Read. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.
Died 21 May 1967
American Air Museum

Vivien Leigh. , . Lady Olivier, Vivien Leigh, English stage and film actress. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Name
Died 8 July 1967
American Air Museum

Lieutenant General Lewis Brereton. Commanding General, . Lewis Hyde Brereton (June 21, 1890 – July 20, 1967) was a military aviation pioneer and lieutenant general in the United States Air Force. A 1911 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, h
Died 20 July 1967
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Lieutenant Colonel Louis Norley. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Lois Norley was from Conrad, Montana. He was assigned to the 4th Fighter Group, 336th Squadron, on 10 July 1943. it did not take long for him to acquire the nickname "Red Dog", not becau
Died 1 August 1967
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Colonel Ray Stecker. Group Commander, 365th Fighter Group.
Died 19 December 1967
American Air Museum

Sergeant David Danneman. Togglier, Enlisted Nose Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29870 'Big Moose.' Prisoner of War (POW), Missing Air Crew Report #1038. POW
Died 25 December 1967
American Air Museum

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
American Air Museum