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Clemens Palme Dutt ,
Died 12 April 1975
Lives of the First World War

Private Charles Robert Pitcher 393981, London Regiment
Died 22 April 1975
Lives of the First World War

Sergeant Nile Layman. , 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 54th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group on 1 April 1943.
Died 27 April 1975
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Able Seaman George Albert Owen J42941, HMS Sparrowhawk
Died 5 April 1976
Lives of the First World War

Master Sergeant Leroy Young. Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. B-17 #423213 ditched in North Sea due to mechanical failure on 16 August 1943. Returned to base. Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #423079. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 16 April 1976
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Corporal William Stanley Finch 5373135, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 23 April 1976
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Wilson Flowitt , British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Died 6 April 1977
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Private Leonard W V Wilkinson 531606, London Regiment
Died 13 April 1977
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Claud Wright , Royal Flying Corps
Died 23 April 1977
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Captain Edward Gimbel. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Initially assigned to 401 Sqn as Flight Sgt having first passed through 53 OTU, Aston Down. Gained 5 victories as a Flight Lt whilst flying for 403 Sqn RCAF. Transferred to 421 Sqn RCAF as flight co
Died 25 April 1977
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Flying Officer Donald Willis. Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 121S, transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF, transferred to VIII Fighter Command, 67th Fighter Wing Operations. Flew with the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group at Ki
Died 27 April 1977
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Private Frederick Green 4/1685, 4th Hampshire Regiment
Died 28 April 1977
Lives of the First World War

First Lieutenant Max Weinstein. Bombardier, 385th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 December 1943 in B-17 #423488. Prisoner of War (POW). His Aircraft crashed in the Friesland area of the Netherlands where he was cared for by the Dutch Underground for Six Months b
Died 30 April 1977
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Staff Sergeant Stanley Reuben. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29870 'Big Moose.' Prisoner of War (POW), Missing Air Crew Report #1038. Earlier, on 4 Oct 1943 returning from mission to Frankfurt, B17 #42-300
Died 8 April 1978
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Sister Olive Lilian Creswell Haynes Dooley ,
Died 10 April 1978
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Matron Anna Violetta Thurstan , Scottish Women's Hospitals [British Committee, French Red Cross]
Died 13 April 1978
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Private Archibald Simeon Quick 27621, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 19 April 1978
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First Lieutenant Gordon Dennis. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel
Died 22 April 1978
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Elizabeth Blackall Knocker now Baroness de T'Serclaes , British Red Cross Society
Died 26 April 1978
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Surgeon Probationer Richard Sydney Allison , HMS ACORN
Died 27 April 1978
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Lieutenant Philip Neame VC , Royal Engineers
Died 28 April 1978
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Sergeant David Blodgett. Left Waist Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. David C. Blodgett grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended Franklin High School there and enlisted in the Air Corps in October 1942. In February 1944, he was stationed with the 305th Bomb Grou
Died 1 April 1979
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Midshipman Charles Vickers Stevens , HMS Superb
Died 7 April 1979
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Robert Mains. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 April 1979
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Brigadier General Edward Anderson. Commanding General, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to HQ Sqn, 4FG, 8AF USAAF Commanding Officer. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 65FW, 8AF USAAF. End Tour of Duty (ETD). In July 1943 he returned to the United States and became chi
Died 12 April 1979
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First Lieutenant Henry Spohrer. Navigator, B17 Flying Fortress, 388th Bomb Group. Crew Number 23 On April 6, 1942, Henry Spohrer enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps from Monroe, LA. Later that year he was posted to Kelly Field near San Antonio, TX to beg
Died 19 April 1979
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Private Frank Haydn Hornsey 51289, Suffolk Regiment
Died 22 April 1979
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Private John Henry Bovey 457496, RAMC
Died 25 April 1979
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Technical Sergeant Anthony LaSalle. Flight Engineer, Waist Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Anthony LaSalle served as a flight engineer and waist gunner for the 379th Bomb Group.
Died 27 April 1979
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First Lieutenant Montgomery Givens. Pilot, 388th Bomb Group. Shot down in a frontal attack by fighters on the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31135 'Suzy Sagtitz' crashed near Schoonebekerveld, Holland. Pr
Died 1 April 1980
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Private Leslie Charles Kimberlin 246764, Royal Engineers
Died 16 April 1980
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Private Douglas Victor Evershed 1264, 8th Light Horse Regiment
Died 4 April 1981
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John Ramsell Lawrence 163954,
Died 13 April 1981
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Reverend John Kenneth Best , Royal Army Chaplains Department
Died 19 April 1981
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Lieutenant Colonel Edward Anastasio. Squadron Commander - Command Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. 786th Bomb Squadron Commander Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
Died 1 April 1982
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Corporal George William Crick 102337, Machine Gun Corps
Died 5 April 1982
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Private Tom Dresser VC 242697, Yorkshire Regiment
Died 9 April 1982
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Private Joseph Henry Mcinnes 139A,
Died 11 April 1982
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Technical Sergeant Paul Overbaugh. Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Orginal Crew #8. Shot down 29 July 1943 in B-17 42-29700 which crashed near Schleswig. Prisoner of War (POW). No MACR found
Died 15 April 1982
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Lieutenant Colonel Joseph West. 466th BG Executive Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 April 1982
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Second Lieutenant Edward Suagee. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 April 1982
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Colonel Budd Peaslee. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. First Commanding Officer of 384th Bomb Group and instigator of the Scouting Force concept, to enable the bomber stream to change course in good time if target area was obscured. Activated on 1st December 194
Died 3 April 1983
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Company Serjeant Major Thomas Henry Painting 7320, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 15 April 1983
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First Lieutenant Leland Rath. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Leland Rath was assigned to the 93rd Bomb Group. He served in Europe and North Africa and was awarded the Air Medal. He served also in Korea and was Commander of the 4th Weather Squadro
Died 19 April 1983
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Gunner Leonard Henry Boustred 146186, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 25 April 1983
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Captain John George Smyth VC , 15th Ludhiana Sikhs
Died 26 April 1983
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Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur Travers Harris , Royal Air Force
Died 5 April 1984
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Captain Robert Cotton Money , Infantry Brigade
Died 16 April 1985
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Donald Meikle. Tail Gunner, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 17 April 1985
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Clifford Coates. Aircraft Oxygen System Specialist, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 2 April 1986
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Michael Chodan. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 13 April 1986
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Paymaster Lieutenant Ralph Edward TUGMAN ,
Died 17 April 1986
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Captain Raymond Care. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Captain Raymond Clare was from Angola, Indiana, and had enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force before the United States' entry into the war. He arrived in England in March 1942 and
Died 3 April 1987
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Paul Hardesty. Aerial Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 April 1987
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Percy Mafeking Pennyfather 177938,
Died 20 April 1987
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First Lieutenant Jack Crowell. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 2 April 1988
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Second Lieutenant Harold Bauer. Fighter pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Upon landing after a local test flight on 29 Feb 1944, P-38J 42-67749 nosed over at the end of the runway due to a flap malfunction. Returned to Duty (R
Died 10 April 1988
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First Lieutenant Charles Shilke. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. 1st Lt. Shilke few a P-51 Mustang named "Black Lace", and his Crew Chief was S/Sgt John Ganofsky. Post War: Worked at University Park Airport i
Died 22 April 1988
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Archibald Fenner Brockway ,
Died 28 April 1988
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Thomas Clarkson. Engineering Clerk, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 April 1988
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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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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Abe Frost. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 April 1990
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Technical Sergeant Adolph Pesicka. Crew Chief, 7th Photographic Group.
Died 17 April 1990
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Major Allan Richardson. Intelligence, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". He served in the RCAF during WWI as a pilot. Assistant. Intelligence Officer. He was the intelligence officer for Charles Cramner crew; he did the briefing and debriefi
Died 22 April 1990
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Staff Sergeant Donat Heon. Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew on Arthur Crapsey crew. Reported to group on 19 Nov 1943. He was seriously wounded on 22 Dec 1943 and transferred to the 49th Station Hospital on
Died 22 April 1990
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First Lieutenant Arthur Bowers. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Lt. Bowers was from Tiskilwa, Illinois, and was assigned to the 4th Fighter Group, 334th Squadron on 16 November 1944. He remained there until the end of the war. He flew a P-51 Mustang QP-
Died 29 April 1990
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Staff Sergeant David Godfrey. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 April 1991
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Homer Bigart. , 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, who in 1942 was invited to become a war correspondent, one of eight journalists known as The Writing 69th, sent to the UK to fly with the US Arm
Died 16 April 1991
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Captain Donald Barber. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended 2 Tours of Duty. Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Died 15 April 1992
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Vernon Hayden. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 30 April 1992
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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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Second Lieutenant Charles Ritchie. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 April 1995
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Staff Sergeant James Williamson. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Staff Sergeant James E. Williamson was awarded the Silver Star for heroism on a mission to Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany on 24 April 1944.
Died 14 April 1995
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First Lieutenant Edward Wozniak. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. End Tour of Duty (ETD). Re-assigned to Training Unit.
Died 15 April 1995
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Richard Brown. , 7th Photographic Group.
Died 21 April 1995
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Captain Eugene Andermatt. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed (End) Tour Duty (ETD). Awards: WWII Victory.
Died 28 April 1995
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Staff Sergeant Harley Hallam. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #143, Extract, dated 17 November 1943, Norman Defrees Crew (as 'H A L L U M'
Died 1 April 1996
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Major Philip Algar. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Flew 25 combat missions with the 384th bombardment Group from 22-Jun-43 to 4-Mar-44. Detached service (DS) with 1st Scouting Force. Transferred to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF flying Elint Droopsnoot P-38 lightning
Died 10 April 1996
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Technical Sergeant Alfred Fedorka. Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew on William Casseday and Clifford McBride crews. Reported to the ETO on 31 Oct 1943. AM 3OLC, DFC,
Died 17 April 1996
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Captain Julius Klinkbeil. Navigator/Squadron Navigator, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 20 April 1996
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Captain Gerald Merket. Squadron Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 April 1996
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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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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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Second Lieutenant Albert Ramm. Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Albert Ramm was a Pilot in the 55th Fighter Group / 338th Fighter Squadron. Assigned to the Squadron on 11 August 1944, he flew a total of 67 missions and is listed as a Flying Ace, credited with :
Died 2 April 1999
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Colonel Orval Porritt. Pilot, 94th Bomb Group.
Died 9 April 1999
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First Lieutenant Arden Mills. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Completed 25 missions before being seriously wounded
Died 13 April 1999
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