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28-inch telescope at the Old Royal Observatory. This watercolour of the 28-inch telescope was painted by Christopher White when he was artist in residence at the at the Old Royal Observatory, part of a scheme organised by the Education department in 1997.
1998
National Maritime Museum

Original memory sketch. In 1997 the Museum commissioned Humphrey Ocean to paint a large picture on the theme of maritime Britain at the end of the 20th century. The resulting picture, 'The first of England', takes as its starting point day-tripp
1997
National Maritime Museum

Second Lieutenant Charles Lain. Bombardier, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. On his 6th mission, Charles Lain was Bombardier of B-24 # 42-100415 when it ran into mechanical trouble on return in the afternoon from the 8 August 1944 mission to bomb th
Died 3 January 1997
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Corporal George Harrison. Military Occupation Specialty 867-Radar Mechanic, Bombardment, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 7 January 1997
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Second Lieutenant John Muse. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 January 1997
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Sergeant Anthony Ardzinski. Tail Gunner, 385th Bomb Group. Anthony Ardzinski was a Tail Gunner in the 385th Bomb Group/ 550th Bomb Squadron.
Died 14 January 1997
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First Lieutenant Vernon Norton. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 January 1997
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Lynn Etchison. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 January 1997
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) John Spissinger. Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed on 2 Mar 45 in B-24 #4251273
Died 27 January 1997
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Lieutenant Colonel Edward Appel. Co-Pilot, Bomber Pilot, Fighter Pilot, 389th Bomb Group. Edward Appel was one of the few Pilots who completed tours both in a Bomber Group (30 missions) and as a fighter pilot (17 missions) in the European Theater of Opera
Died 3 February 1997
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Marjorie Sant Burnham 11865,
Died 5 February 1997
Lives of the First World War

Captain Gerald Stanley. Pilot, 447th Bomb Group. DFC, AM & 3 OLCs
Died 15 March 1997
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Darrell Latch. Top Turret Gunner, 458th Bomb Group. Born 13 Nov 1924 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; sent by draft board in March 1943 to army induction center for possible induction; entered service the same month; trained
Died 30 March 1997
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First Lieutenant Marion Henrie. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 April 1997
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Captain Charles Patten. Adjutant, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. On his 6th mission, he flew as waist gunner on Lt. Wililam H. Marcotte crew on the 13 June 1943 Bremen mission. According to Strong: 'Patten had visions of being a flyer himself;
Died 7 April 1997
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) James Dobyns. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 19 April 1997
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Captain Oliver Whittington. Group Armament Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 April 1997
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Staff Sergeant John Hebert. Tail Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. 11 January 1945, James F. Wilson and crew, including tail gunner John R. Hebert, flew a bombing mission over Hamburg. Targets were German submarine bases. Anti-aircraft shell made a direct hit on
Died 28 April 1997
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Private First Class Rufas Austin. Military Occupation Specialty 060-Cook, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #176 dated 28 December 1943.
Died 29 April 1997
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Gilliam Paschal. Medic's assistant, . Sent through to the American Air Museum by Yolanda Payne, Audrey and Robert's daughter: A LOVE STORY My father met my mother Christmas of 1942. The mayor of Saffron Walden had asked the English mothers to
Died 7 May 1997
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Staff Sergeant Robert Batten. Military Occupation Specialty 826-Army Air Forces Supply Technician, 384th Bomb Group. •Promoted to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #107 dated 1 October 1943. •Awarded The Good Conduct Medal on 15 January
Died 16 May 1997
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Staff Sergeant Stewart Fielden. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. FLEW 32 MISSIONS FROM ENGLAND OVER TO GERMANY. ENLISTED 10/1/42. ALSO SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR (STATE SIDE) DFC/Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters/Purple Heart
Died 20 May 1997
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Staff Sergeant Rheudolph Cain. Gunner, 491st Bomb Group. Rheudolph Cain was the youngest of Anna S. Cain's three sons (the others : Walter and Hubert). He enlisted at the end of 1943 in the Air Corps after two years at Parkersburgh High School in Wes
Died 21 May 1997
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Raul Goltara. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Served as RO on 5 gas haul missions and 34 combat missions between September 1944 and March 1945. AM 4Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 30 May 1997
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Staff Sergeant Jack McIlraith. Right Waist Gunner, 96th Bomb Group.
Died 21 June 1997
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Second Lieutenant Nicholas Nikitin. Co-Pilot, 381st Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters on mission to Oscherleben on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29999 'Fertile Myrtle. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 23 June 1997
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Brigadier General James Stewart. Aircraft Commander; Operations Officer; Chief of Staff, 445th Bomb Group. Hollywood screen actor James Stewart interrupted his successful film career to join the Air Corps in 1941. Aware of publicity value for the war eff
Died 2 July 1997
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Fred Utter. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 July 1997
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Lieutenant Colonel Antolin Algorri. Navigator, 94th Bomb Group. As 1st Lieutenant, "Al" Algorri served as Navigator on B17 Ice Cold Katie, completing 35 missions from June to December 1944. After the war, he went on to serve in Korea and Vietnam
Died 9 July 1997
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Boyd Condon. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 17 July 1997
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Technical Sergeant Zancel Campbell. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. B-17G #42-37732 'The Celestial Siren' was last seen east of Saarbrucken, GR on a mission to Augsberg, GR on 25 Feb 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 22 July 1997
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Gerald Howard. Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 25 July 1997
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Staff Sergeant James Witmer. Ball Turret Gunner and Assistant Flight Engineer, 453rd Bomb Group. James never flew with his own crew, but was shot down by fighters on the return from a mission to Genshagen near Berlin while flying with Lt Patrick Tobin
Died 30 July 1997
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First Lieutenant Ralph Stimmel. Pilot, 445th Bomb Group.
Died 1 August 1997
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Second Lieutenant Charles Carlson. Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 96th Bomb Group. Shot down 20 October 1943 in 42-30372 'Shack Rabbit III', a B-17 on loan from the 413th Squadron. EVADED. Charles Carlson evaded capture and was
Died 6 August 1997
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) James Branum. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Damaged by fighters and flak and landed in Sweden on 6/21/44 in B-24 Lvly Ldy's Avngr #4440093 INT
Died 9 August 1997
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Byron Wertz. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group. T/Sgt Byron L. Wertz served with the 785th Bombardment Squadron of the 466th Heavy Bomb Group, 8th Army Air Force, and was stationed at Attlebridge Airfield near Norfolk Englan
Died 14 August 1997
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Master Sergeant Hiram Stauffer. Military Occupation Specialty 502-Administrative NCO, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 19 August 1997
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Patrick O'Carroll. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 24 August 1997
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Eric Horatio Boxall 191498,
Died 3 September 1997
Lives of the First World War

First Lieutenant Raymond Ostolski. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 September 1997
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Technical Sergeant Peter Bove. Radio Operator, 491st Bomb Group. 34 missions AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 8 September 1997
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Major Dwight Alverson. Pilot, 405th Fighter Group.
Died 20 September 1997
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Second Lieutenant Seymour Cohen. Navigator, 453rd Bomb Group. Seymour's father was a Romanian Jew, his mother Austrian. With the exception of one brother, her family all died in the Holocaust. Seymour was a lawyer, passing the New Jersey Bar in 1938.
Died 4 October 1997
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Second Lieutenant Thomas Underwood. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Aircraft P-51B 43-24793 struck by shipboard flak just off the coast of Varhaug, Norway shortly after completing escort for RAF Beaufighters attacking
Died 4 October 1997
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Captain Francis McCullagh. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Flew 18 missions as copilot on Arthur Mack crew. He left Thurleigh in February 1945. He completed approx. 50 missions from 11 Dec 1943 to 28 Jan 1945, which resulted in 2 tours of du
Died 8 October 1997
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First Lieutenant Kennard Underwood. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. 35 missions 8/26/44-3/2/45. 1 'no ball' ski target France, the rest over Germany, 1 dep. sqd. lead, 2/22/45--took lead. Witnessed 787th sq. mid-air collision 9/44 AM 4Oak Leaf Clu
Died 14 October 1997
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Staff Sergeant James Grimmett. Military Occupation specialty 757-Radio Operator/Mechanic/Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31211, RENO'S RAIDER. Prisoner of War (POW).
Died 16 October 1997
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Second Lieutenant John Yokie. 1091 Pilot, 2nd Bomb Group. Transferred from the 15th Air Force 2nd BG 20th BS and assigned to the 384th BG 544th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 26 February 1944, as crew pilot
Died 18 October 1997
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First Lieutenant Herbert Rosenkoff. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 October 1997
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Technical Sergeant Barkev Hovsepian. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Flew 35 missions and 3 fuel haul missions to Patton's army in Spet 1944. Crash landed at Manson after preparing to ditch in channel. In a B-24, the R/O had to concentrate on the
Died 22 October 1997
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Blayne Withers. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 November 1997
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Colonel Leroy Gover. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Leroy Gover lived in San Carlos, California. He had the 'bug' for flying and soloed a biplane on his sixteenth birthday. After graduating from high school he helped his father build homes, and learn
Died 5 November 1997
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Major John Michael. Station Communications Officer, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel.
Died 7 November 1997
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Eldon Schwarz. Assistant Armored Gunner, .
Died 7 November 1997
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Technical Sergeant Eugene Davis. Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". 1st Mission was #110 Diephotz, Germany Feb 21, 19944. Flew on the 75th Mission of the' Knockout Dropper' #4124605, Mar 27th &#
Died 7 November 1997
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Brigadier General Leon Johnson. Pilot; Commanding Officer, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Superior leadership during the Ploesti raid 1 August 1943 in B-24 #41-23817 'Suzy Q. ' Commanding Officer at Colonel of 44th Bomb Group from 4-Jan-
Died 10 November 1997
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Technical Sergeant Leroy Tucker. Top Turret Gunner; Crew Chief, 445th Bomb Group. Crashed near Unterweit on a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24H #41-29117 'Lady Marie'. Prisoner of War (POW). M.A.C.R. (Missing Aircrew Report) # 2555
Died 11 November 1997
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First Lieutenant Henry Payne. Radar (H2X) Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 November 1997
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First Lieutenant Joe Bowles. Ball Turret Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Reported to the ETO on 01 Jul 1942. Flew as the BTG on the B-17 "Banshee". He was appointed to Group Gunnery Officer on 17 Sept 1943. He was awarded the Purp
Died 15 November 1997
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Ira Wolfert. , 4th Fighter Group. Ira Wolfert grew up in New York City and at age 20 married poet Helen Herschdorfer in 1928. Two years later he he graduated from the Columbia University School of Journalism. From there he worked for North American Ne
Died 24 November 1997
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Thomas Allison. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 10 December 1997
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Staff Sergeant Marvin Tobin. Left Waist Gunner, 490th Bomb Group.
Died 11 December 1997
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Second Lieutenant Oliver Rauch. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Transferred 466th BG
Died 18 December 1997
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First Lieutenant Lawrence Barrett. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed tour of duty 21-Apr-45. Awards: WWII Victory EAME.
Died 24 December 1997
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Staff Sergeant William Pimm. Tail Gunner, . Crew member of B-24 Liberator #4111817 'Stinger' participated in the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid returning safely to Libya with only one crewmember WIA.
Died 31 December 1997
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