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Staff Sergeant Robert Astrella. Photographic Supply, 7th Photographic Group. Staff Sergeant Robert Astrella was a keen photographer, he photographed the aircraft that visited Mount Farm, and like many airmen he used his leave to travel to historic sites a
Died 12 July 2007
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Second Lieutenant Harold Read. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 July 2007
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Conrad Sedlak. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 July 2007
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Staff Sergeant William McGonigle. Aerial Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He completed 32 missions. AM 4Oak Leaf Cluster,
Died 31 July 2007
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First Lieutenant James Hileman. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Awards: AM (4 OLC), WWII Victory. Post War: Worked for ALCOA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Died 2 July 2008
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Harry Hancock. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 July 2008
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Thomas Rugh. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 July 2008
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First Lieutenant Frank Dever. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 10 July 2008
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Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Hayes. Fighter Pilot; Deputy Commanding Officer, 357th Fighter Group. He was an American ace in a group that produced 42 aces. He flew 2 missions on D-Day in a P-51 SS w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC w/ Oa
Died 24 July 2008
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Staff Sergeant Joseph Bagatti. MOS 632, Parachute Rigger and Repairman, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG, 546th BS on Gowen Field, Idaho, Special Orders #362 dated 28 December 1942, as a member of the original squadron cadre.
Died 25 July 2008
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Wesley Mudge. Radio Operator, 398th Bomb Group.
Died 26 July 2008
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First Lieutenant Robert McPhillamey. Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Shot down 26 February 1943 in B-24D 41-23804 'Sad Sack', 44BG/66BS while serving as Pilot on a mission to bomb the port facilities as Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The
Died 2 July 2009
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Myron Shiver. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 July 2009
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Walter Cronkite. War Correspondent United Press, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". War Correspondent with United Press, Cronkite was the most famous of the eight reporters sent to the European Theatre to fly with the Eighth Air Force who m
Died 17 July 2009
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Air Mechanic 2nd Class Henry William Allingham F8317, RNAS Yarmouth
Died 18 July 2009
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Henry John, known as Harry Patch 29295, 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died 25 July 2009
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Colonel Don Coffee. Navigator; Radar Navigator, 398th Bomb Group. Missions from October 1944 to May 1945. DFC
Died 31 July 2009
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Fridtjof Nansen måler dypvannstemperaturen ved hjelp av vannhenteren, 1894
Taken 6 Jul 1894
National Library of Norway

First Lieutenant James McKinley. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 July 2010
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Dwight Kinsey. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 July 2011
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Robert Nendel. Co-Pilot, 487th Bomb Group. Robert Aerol Nendel (Bob) was born on March 30th, 1923 to James and Bessie Nendel. He had 2 brothers (James and William) and 2 sisters (Lenore and Juanita). Bob served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from late 1944
Died 15 July 2011
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Technical Sergeant David Dahlberg. Flight Engineer; Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 487th Bomb Group. David B. Dahlberg, T/Sgt., B-17G (& B-24) Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner, U.S. Army Air Forces, Eighth Air Force, 487th Bomb Group (H), 837th S
Died 20 July 2011
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Major Challen Hunt. Pilot / B-17 & B-52, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. Major Challen Pierson Hunt was a veteran of WW II, Korea & Vietnam. A.S. No. 0-741908 He flew B-17s, and B-52 (known).
Died 22 July 2011
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First Lieutenant Cleon Gleason. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 24 July 2011
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Paul Salness. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 July 2011
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Technical Sergeant William Boyd. , 384th Bomb Group. William Robert Boyd served as a bomb sight mechanic during WWII in the 545th Bombardment Squadron, 384th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force in England.
Died 28 July 2011
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Captain James Bradley. Bombardier, 96th Bomb Group. Joined 13 June 42 - released from active duty 23 Dec 45. Married Ruth Virginia Cramer - May 4, 1946 - Newport, OR. Attended Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Settled in Monroe, OR 1947. Survive
Died 5 July 2012
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Major General Leo Lewis. Pilot, 94th Bomb Group. Leo C Lewis remained in the Air Force after the war, moving up to the rank of Major General in 1971. His military decorations and awards include the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Distinguished
Died 21 July 2012
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First Lieutenant James Vranna . Co-Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Plane crashed 4 August 1944 over base in England on a training mission. Vranna was the only survivor.
Died 22 July 2012
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Paul Kinder. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 July 2012
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First Lieutenant Richard Barrett. Fighter Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. 3 x missions. Credited with 1 x air kill and 1 x ground kill. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Hamm. After strafing Vörden aerodrome, pos
Died 27 July 2012
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Colonel Marlen Reber. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He completed 25 missions. He flew the 'Eager Beaver' from Westover AFB to England. He had the 'Eager Beaver' throughout his first 15 missions until 3 March 1943 when it
Died 29 July 2012
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Eugene Person. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 July 2012
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Captain John Hardin. Pilot, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. John T Hardin was a pilot with the 91st Bomb Group. His most memorable mission was the one when they went to bomb the U-Boat Pen at La Pallice, France. His plane "Mizpah" collid
Died 8 July 2013
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Second Lieutenant Thomas McNamara. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Rotterdam on 8/9/44 in B-24 Hot Box #4129374 POW
Died 13 July 2013
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Second Lieutenant Edgar Michaels. Navigator, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Edgar Michaels enlisted in the Air Corps in September 1942. He trained as an aerial navigator on B-24s at Ellington Field, Tex
Died 21 July 2013
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First Lieutenant Paul Plaschke. Co-Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs.
Died 15 July 2014
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Flight Officer Robert Awalt. Fighter Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed (End) Tour of Duty (ETD). Awards: WWII Victory, EAME. Post War: Co founder of Awalt Builders Inc.
Died 26 July 2014
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Staff Sergeant Joseph Anfuso. Remote Control Turret Mech/Gunner, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 15 July 2015
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Eddie Brighty. , 466th Bomb Group. English boy who lived near the 785th BS officer's quarters. Befriended the officers of the Charles Saxon Crew and the Earl Wassom Crew among others.
Died 23 July 2015
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Staff Sergeant William Edmiston. Radio Operator, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters on 7 January 1944 in B-17F #41-24525 'What's Cooking Doc?' Prisoner of War (POW). Crashed at Port-le-Grand, France. Missing Air Crew Report #1608 POW
Died 25 July 2015
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