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Second Lieutenant Walter Williams. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #838. POW
Died 4 January 1993
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Staff Sergeant James Deese. Left 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 1993
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First Lieutenant Edgar Obie. Pilot, 36th Fighter Group. See detailed biography at http://p47pilots.com/P47-Pilots.cfm?c=incP47BiographyHome.cfm&vm=BIO&pilotid=423&p=Edgar G. Obie
Died 15 January 1993
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Harm Krull. Tail Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs.
Died 19 January 1993
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Staff Sergeant Glesner Weckbacher. Crew Chief, 4th Fighter Group. Glesner Werkbacher served with the 4th Fighter Group between 1942 and 26 August 1945. He was promoted to Staff Sergeant on 1 April 1943. He participated in Operation FRANTIC II, the Russia
Died 19 January 1993
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First Lieutenant Lovell Baker. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF as a Major after also serving tours in Korea and Vietnam.
Died 29 January 1993
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Fred Hoffhaus. Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. (Crew #118-25 per SO#33)
Died 29 January 1993
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Staff Sergeant Don Rich. Top Turret Gunner, Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He was assigned to Willard Lockyear crew. Repored to the ETO in June 1943. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #4230779. POW at Stalag Luf
Died 18 February 1993
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Technical Sergeant Robert Arnoldi. Military Occupation Specialty 911-Airplane Armorer, 384th Bomb Group. Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #10 dated 12 January 1944
Died 27 February 1993
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Second Lieutenant James McElroy. Navigator, 96th Bomb Group. Shot down 20 October 1943 in 42-30372 'Shack Rabbit III', a B-17 on loan from the 413th Squadron. Helped by the Belgian evasion network “Comete”, he was guided from Belgium
Died 6 March 1993
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Arthur McGrandle. CoPilot, 94th Bomb Group.
Died 15 March 1993
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Captain George Wemyss. Pilot; Operations Officer, 20th Fighter Group. Fighter Pilot/Operations Officer AM, Legion of Merit.
Died 27 March 1993
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Roy Johnson. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 March 1993
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First Lieutenant Enoch Jungling. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF 63 missions, 304:55 hours combat time. Post War: Completed College degree at Linfield College in McMinnville Ore, and Married Margaret Dunwoodie 1946. US
Died 31 March 1993
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Thomas Fyock. Radio Operator/Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 April 1993
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Captain Richard Alexander. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in October 1940, and was awarded his pilot wings on September 15, 1941, joining the 133 Eagle Squadron in England. Alexander was credited with destroying 1 enemy a
Died 19 April 1993
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Second Lieutenant George Ruckman. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. 3 Feb 1945, B-17 44-6592 (Stardust) was damaged by flak over Berlin. The pilot, 2nd Lt. George F. Ruckman, flew the damaged a/c behind Soviet lines and force landed at an airfield near Torun, Pol
Died 20 April 1993
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Ronald Arbaugh. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 May 1993
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Sergeant Angelo Longo. Ball Turret Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Flew on 'Winning Run', a B-17 that crash landed after all 4 engines gave out while returning from raid on Stuttgart on 6 Sept 43. It ran out of fuel. Man
Died 21 May 1993
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Joseph Greenberg. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. B-24H #41-29434 'Terry and the Pirates' was involved in a mid-air collision after the other a/c was hit by flak over the target of Berlin and crashed W of
Died 3 June 1993
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Staff Sergeant William Bennett. Military Occupation Specialty 821-Quartermaster Supply Technician, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 22 June 1993
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First Lieutenant Grover Siems, Jr. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Lt. Grover C. Siems, Jr. was from Montagh, Long Island, New York. After graduating from high scool he worked at the Ranger Airplane Plant in Farmingdale, NY. He soon joined the U.S. Army Air Cor
Died 13 August 1993
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Corporal (5th Grade) Donovan Mickey. S-2 Intelligence Clerk, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 August 1993
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Second Lieutenant Donald Lambert. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS 4FG 8AF USAAF, transferred to 109th Obs Sqn, flight instructor until 1944. As a pilot in 109OBS, his Spitfire W3505 was involved in a mid-air
Died 17 August 1993
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Second Lieutenant Charles Bidgood. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4129365. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 27 August 1993
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Technical Sergeant William Lewis. Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Flew on Sam Newton's Crew on B-17 'Times a Wastin' AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC
Died 9 September 1993
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Peter Leonard. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 13 September 1993
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Private First Class Clarence Beeley. Military Occupation Specialty 345-Truck Driver, Light, 384th Bomb Group. •Placed on Temporary duty for approximately two (2) days to London, purpose, Quartermaster Activities. AAF Station Special Orders #8 dated 9
Died 20 September 1993
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Marlyn Briggs. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 October 1993
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Major John DuFour. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, transferred to 336th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF. Commander of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4 Mar 1943 - 1 Sep 1943. Served in the Korean War, Commanding Officer, ENT AFB, Colora
Died 7 October 1993
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First Lieutenant George Weller. Bombardier, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 28 October 1993
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Sergeant Dominic Abriola. Military Occupation Specialty 060-Cook, 384th Bomb Group. Transferred from the 384th Bombardment Group, 545th Bombardment Squadron to the 546th Bombardment Squadron on Station 195 (Istres, France) Special Order# 68 dated 16 Octob
Died 16 November 1993
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Second Lieutenant James Jensen. Bombardier, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #68 dated 11 August 1943, Lester H. Aufmuth Crew, 3 combat missions. Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #
Died 21 November 1993
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Milton Carpenter. Armament Specialist, 466th Bomb Group. In addition to his armament duties, Milton Carpenter played guitar in the 466th BG band, "The Flying Deck."
Died 6 December 1993
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Staff Sergeant Paul Chaffee. Right Waist Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. On the return from a mission to Augsburg, GR on 16 Mar 1944 fighter attacks knocked out 3 engines on B-17G #42-39916 and the a/c crash-landed E of Le Treport, FR. Prisoner of War (POW). P
Died 11 December 1993
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First Lieutenant Dean Roser. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 December 1993
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Staff Sergeant Lester Kurk. Tail Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He was assigned to Willard Lockyear crew. Reported to the ETO in June 1943. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #4230779. POW at Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria
Died 16 December 1993
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