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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Joseph LaJudice. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 January 1989
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Staff Sergeant Michael Henneberry. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air crew Report #838 POW
Died 6 January 1989
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Lieutenant Morris Williams. Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Enlisted in US Army Air Corps 29 August 1942. Arrived in Bottisham, England December 1943. Flew P-47's and P-51's. After flying 45 missions, 150 combat hours, Wlliams was shot down over Gre
Died 7 January 1989
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Second Lieutenant Thurman Sanders. Co-pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #73 dated 4 April 1945, Andrew Gordon Lovett Crew. No combat missions.
Died 11 January 1989
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Staff Sergeant Norman Whitman. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 381st Bomb Group. Graduated aerial gunner school Class 41-49 at Tyndall Field, Florida 8 December 1942. Left Waist Gunner on 42-30020 B-17F 'Sweet Eloise' (A/C crash-landed at Ridg
Died 19 February 1989
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Lieutenant Colonel William Booth. Pilot, . Bill Booth was a glider pilot stationed at Barkston Heath, probably as part of the 61st Troop Carrier Group. He took part in Operation 'Market Garden' in September 1944. He stayed in what became the US
Died 3 March 1989
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John Smethills. Co-Pilot, 34th Bomb Group.
Died 23 March 1989
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Technical Sergeant Martin Kilcoyne. Radio Operator Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew on Arthur Crapsey crew. Reported to group on 19 Nov 1943. Completed 32 missions from Oct 1943-Sept 1944. He was injured on his second mission to Osn
Died 29 March 1989
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Edith Poland. , . Edith was only 19 in May 1945, when she started her diary and lived in Liverpool. Edith was a ‘doughnut girl’, volunteering for The American Red Cross. Her duties included meeting G.I.s coming secretly into Liverpool by boa
Died 31 March 1989
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Lieutenant Colonel Sidney Woods. Pilot; Deputy Commanding Officer, 479th Fighter Group. Lt. Colonel Sidney Woods joined the Army in the cavalry in 1939 and transferred to flight school, earning his wings in September 1941. He was flying with the
Died 31 March 1989
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Staff Sergeant George Hodgson. Tail Gunner, 387th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW).Shot down 2-Sep-43 in B-26B 41-31629 'Janet's Dream' while serving as Tail Gunner. Aircraft was on a mission to bomb the German airfield of Lille/Nord AF wh
Died 4 April 1989
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Second Lieutenant Eacott Allen. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Eacott Garvin Allen (listed as Garvin Allen in the US 1930 Census for Robstown, Nueces County, Texas, where his widowed mother is listed as Lucy L. Allen) was born and raised in Texas. His
Died 14 April 1989
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Sergeant Merle Eastin. MOS 055, Clerk, General, 384th Bomb Group. Promoted to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Order #102 dated 1 June 1944.
Died 29 April 1989
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Major Norman Crosson. Air Inspector - Command Pilot, 392nd Bomb Group. Served a combat tour as a B-24 pilot with the 90th BG - 321st BS in the South Pacific. Survived a bailout and 12 day trek to be rescued in the outback of Australia. Served as Air Ins
Died 23 May 1989
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Harlis Frank. Aircraft Instrument Specialist, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 26 May 1989
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Sergeant James Atkins. Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31346 'Shack Rabbit.' Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 30 May 1989
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Second Lieutenant Billy Grady. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 31 May 1989
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Laurence Olivier. , . Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Brighton, Kt, OM was an English actor who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films through
Died 11 July 1989
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Sherman Cassidy. Top Turret Gunner, 458th Bomb Group. WIA on Brunswick German on 8 May 1944
Died 14 July 1989
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Colonel William Whisner. Pilot, 352nd Fighter Group. Became ace in a day, shot down 5. He was credited for 15 German Plaanes in the air and 3 on the ground during WW II he also receivved partial credit for a 16th kill in the air He was a veteran of both t
Died 21 July 1989
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First Lieutenant Douglas Booth. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR via knight committee, service pilot training in US, Dallas Aviation school, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121S, USS Wasp spits to Malta -
Died 28 July 1989
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Sergeant Melchor Barron. Military Occupation Specialty 060-Cook, 384th Bomb Group. Transferred in grade to the Detachment of Patients, 303rd Station Hospital APO 562 on AAF Station106 Special Orders #15 dated 22 January 1944.
Died 4 August 1989
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First Lieutenant Robert Svobodny. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 24 August 1989
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Lieutenant John Brawley. Pilot, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 9 September 1989
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Willis Greaser. Pilot, 491st Bomb Group. 33 missions. American Campaign Medal/ WW II Victory Medal/ European Campaign Medal
Died 16 October 1989
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Second Lieutenant Donald Poutry. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Flew one mission with his crew and was reassigned.
Died 23 October 1989
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Second Lieutenant Robert Woodward. Co-Pilot, 491st Bomb Group.
Died 31 October 1989
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Technical Sergeant Joseph Conowall. Radio Operator; Waist Gunner, 458th Bomb Group. Bombing missions over Europe from December 1943 to June 1944 DFC
Died 3 December 1989
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) George Vickers. Ground Crew Aircraft Mechanic, 466th Bomb Group. While Vickers is listed as a member of the 784th BS Engineering Section as an aircraft mechanic, he may have flown practice and/or combat missions as he se
Died 24 December 1989
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