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Pilot Officer John Alexander . Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 71S, Bf109 damaged shared 15-5-41, Hurricane Mk I damaged friendly fire !! [John Flynn] 15-5-41.
Died 16 January 1983
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General Maurice Preston. Commanding Officer, 379th Bomb Group. First Commander of the 379th BG Silver Star w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 25 January 1983
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Second Lieutenant Walter Kozicki. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Villarche on 4 Jun 44 in P-51 #436498
Died 30 January 1983
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First Lieutenant Frank Willms. Pilot, 344th Bomb Group. Frank Willms attended Coffeyville Junior College. He enlisted in June 1942 in the Air Corps and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant at Brooks Field, Texas in October 1943. Sent overseas, he was firs
Died 4 February 1983
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First Lieutenant Richard Kallner. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF.
Died 21 February 1983
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Henry Woods. Tail Gunner, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 21 February 1983
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Second Lieutenant John Morrow. Fighter Pilot, 479th Fighter Group.
Died 16 March 1983
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Thedore Ostrowski. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 17 March 1983
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First Lieutenant William Babcock. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 March 1983
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Staff Sergeant Alfred Buinicky. Ball Turret Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Alfred Buinicky was a bench worker in a machine shop in Claremont, New Hampshire when he enlisted in August 1942. Sent overseas, he was assigned as a Ball
Died 27 March 1983
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Colonel Budd Peaslee. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. First Commanding Officer of 384th Bomb Group and instigator of the Scouting Force concept, to enable the bomber stream to change course in good time if target area was obscured. Activated on 1st December 194
Died 3 April 1983
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First Lieutenant Leland Rath. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Leland Rath was assigned to the 93rd Bomb Group. He served in Europe and North Africa and was awarded the Air Medal. He served also in Korea and was Commander of the 4th Weather Squadro
Died 19 April 1983
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Captain Collier Mize. Pilot, . Graduate of Allen Military Academy, Joined RAFVR, 1940, trained at Love Field, Texas. Served in England with 43 Sqn RAF and 121 Sqn RAF, transferred USAAF March 25, 1942. Served in Japan. Landing accident Bofu Air Station Ja
Died 4 July 1983
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Martin Tarlosky. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 July 1983
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Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Fuller. Pilot, 486th Bomb Group. Assigned to ETO in 1944. Pilot of B-17 'Gemini II' PH/ DFC
Died 18 July 1983
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Staff Sergeant James Bell. Military Occupation Specialty 501-Administrative and Technical Clerk, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 4 August 1983
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First Sergeant (1st Grade) Leonard Rowe. Squadron First Sergeant, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 September 1983
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Pilot Officer Robert Sweeny. Adjutant [71S] / Pilot, . Robert J V Sweeny, DFC, was a champion golfer, Adjutant of 71[Eagle] Sqn RAF, RAF Coastal command bomber pilot [where he won his DFC], and younger brother of Charles Sweeny, founder of the famous RAF
Died 21 October 1983
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Derwood Sawtelle. Waist Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. Before “Janey”, temperature conditions in the waist were especially bad. There were [tw?]o waist windows, and the 200 mph breeze blowing through the large waist cutouts was brutal. McAleer
Died 3 November 1983
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Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Stephenson. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Retired from the USAF as a Lieutenant Colonel 1966.
Died 23 December 1983
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