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Staff Sergeant Robert Newmes. Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs.
Died 1 January 1975
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Major James Wright. Pilot/Base Operations Officer, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. ETO Ribbon, Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross
Died 3 January 1975
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Master Sergeant Lloyd Berry. Military Occupation Specialty 750-Airplane Maintenance Technician, Airplane Crew Chief, 384th Bomb Group. LEGION OF MERIT. LLOYD H. BERRY, 11033482, Master sergeant, Army Air Forces, United States Army. For exceptionally merit
Died 23 January 1975
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Major Tom Marchbanks. Pilot; Command Pilot, 398th Bomb Group. Completed 35 combat missions. He stayed in the service and was appointed to many key positions: wing cammander of 433rd Troop Carrier Wing, Air Force Reserve. 1957 . was nominated by the presid
Died 1 March 1975
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Sergeant Nile Layman. , 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 54th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group on 1 April 1943.
Died 27 April 1975
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Staff Sergeant Vincent Cuozzo. Ball Turret Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. HE flew on Cecil McKinney crew. Reported to the ETO on 12 Apr 1944. AM, DFC,
Died 1 May 1975
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First Lieutenant Clarence Broadway. Radar Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Captain
Died 6 June 1975
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Staff Sergeant Joseph Lally. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, Lykes Henderson Crew, 2 combat missions. Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down 26 June 1943 in
Died 24 June 1975
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First Lieutenant Keith Giese. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 July 1975
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Colonel Louis Rohr. Air Executive Officer, 379th Bomb Group. Silver Star/ DFC w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 8 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 1 August 1975
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Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Smith. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel after serving in with USAAF in WW2, 45th Infantry in Korea, Oklahoma National Guard and assigned to 1st Army at Fort George Meade during the Vie
Died 15 August 1975
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First Lieutenant William Brooks. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. St. Dizier, France 24 Mar 1944; Brunswick, Germany 8 April 1944; Hamm, Germany 22 April 1944; Leipheim, Germany 24 April 1944; Paderborn, Germany 26 April 1944; Siracourt, France 27 April 1944;
Died 25 August 1975
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First Lieutenant Weldon Branch. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 27 August 1975
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Lieutenant Colonel Herman Laubrich. Commander - 785th Bomb Squadron & 784th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bomb Group. Commander of the 785th Bomb Squadron and the 784th Bomb Squadron of the 466th Bomb Group
Died 1 September 1975
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Colonel David Van Epps. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Aircraft P-51B 43-6941 sustained flak hits while strafing an airdrome near Osnabruck. Van Epps pulled aircraft up and baled out at 1,000ft. POW. MACR 3749. Awards: DFC,
Died 12 October 1975
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Captain John Garison. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Lead Crew Pilot
Died 25 October 1975
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Colonel Elvin Ligon. Commander - 466th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF as a Major General http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/106386/major-general-elvin-s-ligon.aspx
Died 19 November 1975
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Lieutenant Colonel John Meyer. Fighter Pilot, 352nd Fighter Group. John C Meyer became an Aviation Cadet and enlisted shortly after in 1939. By 1940 he had been promoted to Second-Lieutenant and was training pilots at Randolph Field, Texas. After received
Died 2 December 1975
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Second Lieutenant Chesley Robertson. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RCAF, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS 4FG 8AF USAAF, transferred to 8th AFSC, 2nd Air Base Depot. Discharged from the USAAF in 1946 Post War: Captain, Ethiopian Airlines/Saudi A
Died 17 December 1975
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