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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Marlyn Briggs. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 October 1993
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Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Andrews. Squadron Commander, 496th Fighter Training Group. Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US Dallas Aviation School RAF refresher course, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 71S, led Blue Fl
Died 4 March 1995
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Captain Robert Hahn. , . 'My father was stationed with the US Army Air Force in England, possibly starting in 1943 or 1944. Recently in moving I found the enclosed photo which I had not seen before. My father wrote on it "1945 photo, Recon Grou
Died 4 June 1996
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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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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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Flying Officer Jackson Mahon. Pilot, . Mahon was born in Bakersfield, California, and learned to fly while in high school. In 1941 he joined the Royal Air Force, and by the winter was flying combat with No 121 (Eagle) Squadron, composed of American volunt
Died 4 December 1999
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Staff Sergeant George Corrar. Ball Turret Gunner, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 4 December 1999
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Second Lieutenant Wallace Tyner. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252610 'The Madam. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 4 October 2000
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First Lieutenant Sanford Gaylord. Navigator, 489th Bomb Group. Sandy Gaylord served as a B-24 Navigator with the 489th Bomb Group stationed at Halesworth during the Secord World War and flew many missions. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Died 4 February 2001
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Private Second Class (7th Grade) Ted Parker. Turret gunner , 491st Bomb Group. Ted Parker a top turret gunner of the 491st Bomb Group in position inside the nose of a B-24 Liberator.
Died 4 June 2001
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Kidd. Pilot, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Ernest Kidd was Pilot of B-17 "Skunkface" #42-29656, shot down by fighters on a mission to Leipzig on 20 February 1944. Crashed behind the railway station at Lens, NNW
Died 4 June 2001
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Gerald Ransom. Aerial Gunner, 490th Bomb Group.
Died 4 January 2002
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First Lieutenant Robert Pipher. Navigator, 445th Bomb Group.
Died 4 April 2002
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First Lieutenant John Chemoke. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 May 2002
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Staff Sergeant Franklin Barrett. Left Waist Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 42-30176 'Assassin. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Died 4 May 2002
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First Lieutenant Elliott Calisch. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. See his pilot's bio (Rolland H. Bushner) for a list of his combat missions
Died 4 August 2002
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Second Lieutenant Charles Davey. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Served as Boxing Commissioner for the State of Michigan in post-war years.
Died 4 December 2002
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Raphael Anthony. Nose Gunner, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 4 January 2003
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First Lieutenant Myron Weekley. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 November 2003
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Master Sergeant (1st Grade) George Wolfe. Ground Crew Chief, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Senior Master Sergeant.
Died 4 November 2003
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Sergeant George Methvin. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 September 2004
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Flight Officer Harry Faggetter. Pilotage Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 December 2004
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Staff Sergeant Mario Casagrande. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #239 dated 5 December 1944, Ranald MacDonald Crew, 27 combat missions. RTD crashed
Died 4 June 2005
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Colonel Frederick Christensen. Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Fred Christensen was assigned to the 56th Fighter Group in the Summer of 1943, as a replacement pilot. He shot down his first aircraft in November 1943. On 7 July 1944, Christensen became the first
Died 4 April 2006
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First Lieutenant Robert Lynch. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 September 2007
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Staff Sergeant William Wixted. Right Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) shot down by flak and crashed near Britaigny on 6/25/44 in B-24 'Crippled Bitch' #4129371 POW
Died 4 October 2007
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Robert Hosmer. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 January 2008
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First Lieutenant Alfred Nelson. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 February 2008
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First Lieutenant Kemal Saied. Pilot, 404th Fighter Group. Kemal flew 62 combat missions in the ETO with the 404th FG. After the war he opened clothing stores in his native Oklahoma. Both of his parents had emigrated (separately) from Lebanon near the tu
Died 4 September 2008
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Second Lieutenant George Seidlein. Co-Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. B-17G 42-31435, 'West End,' modified w/six . 50 mgs in chin turret. Lost three engines due to heavy flak on mission to Orleans, France, 6 July 1944. Made emergency landing at RAF Man
Died 4 November 2008
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) John Gattis. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 February 2010
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First Lieutenant Julian Roberts. Personal Equipment Officer (Oxygen), 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 May 2011
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Lieutenant Colonel Neil Gobrecht. Co-Pilot/Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Flew B-24 in combat in WW 2. Flew B-29 during the Korean War. Flew U-10 in combat during the Vietnam War Retired as a Lt. Colonel. Was a science teacher for 12 years before retiring.
Died 4 May 2011
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Sergeant Andrew Rooney. Staff Reporter, Stars and Stripes , . Andy Rooney was a war correspondent and journalist for the Stars and Stripes, in February 1943 he was selected as one of eight journalists to accompany the 8th Air Force flying bombing missions
Died 4 November 2011
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Charles Spaid. Engine mechanic, . Charles Spaid was an engine mechanic stationed at Burtonwood Air Depot in Warrington, England. He was in the Army one month and five days in the States and two years, six months, and 25 days overseas. Spaid stayed in t
Died 4 October 2014
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Lieutenant Colonel Irvin Baker. Fighter Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. Assigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x Bf109. Flying P-38's and P-51's. Completed 2 tours of duty. Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (6 OLC), WWII Victory, EAME. Post war: Remaine
Died 4 October 2014
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Sergeant Leslie Jackson. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97372. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 4 May 2015
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Second Lieutenant Willis Jones. Co-Pilot, 96th Bomb Group. Damaged by flak on a mission to Watten, FR on 13 Feb 1944, B-17F #42-3556 'Dear Mom' returned to England and landed at RAF West Malling, Kent. RTD. Shot down on his 26th mission on 13
Died 4 October 2015
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Second Lieutenant Joseph Black. Fighter Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. 28 missions from England from December 1944 until end of war. Served in Neubiberg, Germany, until March 1946. Air Medals/ Unit Citation
Died 4 March 2016
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Captain Robert Kuhlman. P51 D Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Flew 58 combat missions in a P-51D, Mustang
Died 4 April 2016
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