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Technical Sergeant Alonzo Bever. , 384th Bomb Group.
Died 14 January 1998
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Harold Reid. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 January 1998
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Albert Nix. Ball Turret Gunner, 458th Bomb Group. WIA on mission to Brunswick, Germany on 8 May 1944
Died 22 January 1998
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First Lieutenant Fred Farington. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF 28 September 1944 - End Of War - 65 x combat missions, 1 x Victory. Post War: - Flight Instructor during the Korean War. Owner/operator aerial agricultural applic
Died 5 February 1998
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Captain David Archibald. Fighter Pilot, 359th Fighter Group. Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Kassel, left formation as ailerons were freezing, reduced his altitude accompanied by wingman. Overflying a crashed B-17 the
Died 9 February 1998
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Flight Officer William Ballantine. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 February 1998
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Second Lieutenant Eric Rood. Bombardier, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 20 February 1998
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First Lieutenant Arthur Fitch. , 457th Bomb Group.
Died 21 February 1998
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First Lieutenant Harold Tillson. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 February 1998
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Technical Sergeant Harold Melby. , 55th Fighter Group.
Died 26 February 1998
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) William Sabalaske. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-24 #4252567. Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Died 27 February 1998
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Jack Kasper. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 March 1998
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Emile Duval. Tail Gunner, 34th Bomb Group. Emile Duval enlisted in the Air Corps. Sent overseas, he was assigned to the 34th Bomb Group / 391st Bomb Squadron, serving on the Harold E. Dwyer crew.
Died 8 March 1998
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Oliver Sigler. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 March 1998
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Maurice Curry. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 March 1998
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Sergeant Claud Bagley. , 384th Bomb Group.
Died 12 March 1998
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Clifford Barker. Left Waist Gunner, 401st Bomb Group. Shot down during bombing mission over Brunswick, Germany 30 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37856 'Fancy Nancy III. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW Barker, a native of
Died 17 March 1998
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Second Lieutenant Henry Northrop. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Crashed in Blick, Germany, near the village Süderbrarup in Schleswig-Holstein on 6/18/44 in B-24 “Rhapsody in Junk.” POW at Stalag Luft III and Stalag VII-A. Henry Northrop'
Died 6 April 1998
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Colonel Jack Jenkins. Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Coulommiers on 10 Apr 44 in P-38 'Texas Ranger' #42-67825. MACR 3620. Awards: 20 Nov 1943 - Air Medal 6 Dec 1943 - Oakleaf Cluster [to AM] 20 Dec 1943 - Oakleaf
Died 9 April 1998
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Lieutenant Colonel Leon Blanding. Fighter Pilot, 495th Fighter Training Group. Leon Blanding joined the RCAF and began flying as a sergeant pilot with No. 121 'Eagle' Squadron, and he rose to the rank of Major over the course of two tours with t
Died 15 April 1998
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Lieutenant Colonel Myles Coolidge. Co-Pilot, 467th Bomb Group.
Died 16 April 1998
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Captain Robert Lamb. Pilot, 389th Bomb Group. he was assigned in 1944 for overseas duty in England with the Eighth Air Corp. had completed 27 combat missions and 170 combat hours as a B-24 pilot. On July 31, 1944 he and his crew were on loan to the 389th
Died 20 April 1998
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Walter Rothenbach. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 22 April 1998
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First Lieutenant Fred Veach. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Served as CP on several missions on lead crew of Robert C. Moore.
Died 1 June 1998
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Second Lieutenant Robert Kennedy. Co-Pilot, 388th Bomb Group. On the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37886 'Blitzin' Betsy' was severely damaged by attacks from several FW190s causing it to collide wi
Died 8 June 1998
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First Lieutenant Thomas McKiernan. Pilot/Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 17 June 1998
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First Lieutenant Richard Glauner. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus.
Died 3 July 1998
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First Lieutenant Richard Potter. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 3 July 1998
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Major Glenn Duncan. Commanding Officer of 353rd Fighter Group, 353rd Fighter Group. Glenn E Duncan joined the 353rd Fighter Group in March 1943 as Group Executive Officer. He claimed 19 victories until he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and commander o
Died 4 July 1998
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Henry Schroeder. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 July 1998
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First Lieutenant Irbin Bailey. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Co-Pilot on Crew #566/474 the Bigby Parrott Crew. Flew several missions as a lead crew.
Died 22 July 1998
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First Lieutenant Leo Mower. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Damaged by flak and fighters and landed in Sweden on 6/21/44 in B-24 Lvly Lady's Avngr #4440093 INT
Died 1 August 1998
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Gilbert Bartosiewski. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 August 1998
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Wayne Vestal. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 19 August 1998
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Captain Robert Priser. Fighter Pilot, 354th Fighter Group. Robert Priser joined the Royal Canadian Air Force before the entry of the United States into the war. After training at Glendale, California, he arrived in England in January 1942 where he followe
Died 28 August 1998
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Captain Lee Gulley. Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group. Flew 30 missions between July 17, 1944 and January 4, 1945. Lead crew.
Died 1 September 1998
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First Lieutenant Charles Quirk. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Hit by flak and crashed at Harveng on 7/12/44 in B-24 #42100365 POW
Died 1 September 1998
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First Lieutenant Warren Falcon. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 September 1998
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First Lieutenant John Brasch. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus.
Died 6 September 1998
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Lieutenant Colonel James Mahoney. Squadron Commander; Deputy Commanding Officer, 467th Bomb Group. Wrote 'Reluctant Witness', his memoirs. Survived ordeal of very hard-luck original 492nd BG, which lost more than 40% of its combatants in 3 mon
Died 15 September 1998
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Hudson Coombs. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 September 1998
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First Lieutenant Donald Gaylord. Pilot, 351st Bomb Group. Second Lieutenant Donald Gaylord from Waterloo, Iowa, was a pilot of the 351st Bomb Group, based at Polebrook in Northamptonshire from April 1943. During his second mission on 5 November 1943, Gayl
Died 12 October 1998
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Captain Frank Stillwell. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Frank M Stillwell served as a fighter pilot with the 339th Fighter Group between June 14, 1944-and February 23, 1945. His hometown was Prospect Plains, NJ. There is a photo of him on page 119 o
Died 18 October 1998
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Captain Robert Sheehan. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Lead Crew Pilot 30 missions. At Zwishennan, Germany Air Field lost #2 Engine lost main control cables. Switched on Auto Pilot cables. Maintained the group lead position - fixed main cables and returned to E
Died 23 October 1998
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First Lieutenant Thomas McDill. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned 336FS, 4FG 8AF USAAF. 30 combat missions. On an escort mission 15 miles NW of Stuttgart, shot down in P-51 43-6633 by Luftwaffe Leutnant Franz Koplik who was flying a Bf109G-6. POW (Stala
Died 28 October 1998
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Dale Hapner. Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs.
Died 28 October 1998
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First Lieutenant Robert Mundy. Radar Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 November 1998
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Lieutenant George White. Co-Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group. "We just went over there and dropped a few bomb and then came home, that' all."
Died 7 November 1998
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Valentine Opalka. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 November 1998
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First Lieutenant William Gebhardt. Fighter Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. William Gebhardt was a pilot in the 55th Fighter Group / 338th Fighter Squadron, which he was assigned to on 18 June 1944. On 10 July 1944, he was momentarily put on detached service t
Died 15 November 1998
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Sergeant George Fichandler. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 November 1998
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Smith Lay. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 November 1998
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Lowell Reif. Right Waist Gunner, 401st Bomb Group.
Died 3 December 1998
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Captain Lloyd Benjamin. Intelligence Officer, 4th Fighter Group. Lloyd Benjamin was designated as the Assistant Squadron Intelligence Officer for 335th Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, the day after he arrived at Debden in December. In January he was trans
Died 11 December 1998
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Floyd Brossard. Ground Crew Aircraft Mechanic, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 December 1998
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First Lieutenant Earl Stiteler. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 17 December 1998
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Major Robert Johnson. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Robert S Johnson enlisted in 1941 and shortly selected for flying training as a bomber pilot, he was commissioned in July 1942. In January 1943, he was assigned to the 56th Fighter Group and travel
Died 27 December 1998
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