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Lieutenant Lester Harrison. Navigator, Navigator; Bombardier, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew on Jack Lewis crew. Reported to the ETO on 26 Jul 1944. Crashed on 14 Feb 45 in B-17 #4297185. POW at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved
Died 30 August 1991
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) George Lively. Aerial Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 17 August 1992
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First Lieutenant Grover Siems, Jr. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Lt. Grover C. Siems, Jr. was from Montagh, Long Island, New York. After graduating from high scool he worked at the Ranger Airplane Plant in Farmingdale, NY. He soon joined the U.S. Army Air Cor
Died 13 August 1993
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Corporal (5th Grade) Donovan Mickey. S-2 Intelligence Clerk, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 August 1993
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Second Lieutenant Donald Lambert. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS 4FG 8AF USAAF, transferred to 109th Obs Sqn, flight instructor until 1944. As a pilot in 109OBS, his Spitfire W3505 was involved in a mid-air
Died 17 August 1993
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Second Lieutenant Charles Bidgood. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4129365. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 27 August 1993
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Franklin Bois. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 2 August 1994
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Major Leonard Carson. Fighter Pilot ; Squadron Commander, 357th Fighter Group. Leonard Carson joined the 357th Fighter Group in January 1944 and shortly after became an Ace. He won most of his victories in his last few months with the 357th, claiming 5 ai
Died 5 August 1994
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Staff Sergeant William Muntzer. Radio Operator Gunner, 34th Bomb Group.
Died 7 August 1994
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First Lieutenant Donald Loomis. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG, 547th BS on 6 June 1944, Robert Koch Crew, per squadron history (microfilm A0641-00226). 29 combat missions.
Died 8 August 1994
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First Lieutenant Charles Carr. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Chuck Carr was assigned to 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, from October 10, 1943-April 5, 1944. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on January 12, 1944. On April 5 his P-51B (43-6
Died 9 August 1994
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Major John Stryker. , 361st Fighter Group.
Died 14 August 1994
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First Lieutenant Donald Hemingway. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 August 1994
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Colonel Hubert Zemke. Fighter Group Commander; Pilot, 479th Fighter Group. 17 air victories with 56th FG flying P-47s, 2 1/2 with 479th FG flying P-51s. Lost 30 October 1944 when P-51 broke up in storm. Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft I, Was appointed a
Died 30 August 1994
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Ben Wdowicki. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Also served during the Korean War. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Master Sergeant
Died 19 August 1995
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First Lieutenant Joseph Booth. Pilot, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 22 August 1995
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Carl Mikel. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 August 1995
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First Lieutenant Gerard Glaza. Pilot, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
Died 26 August 1995
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Lieutenant Charles Oldfield. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Charles Oldfield was a P-51 Pilot in the 78th Fighter Group / 84th Fighter Squadron. On return from the 25 February 1945 bomber escort mission to Nuremberg, Germany, low on fuel, he de
Died 6 August 1996
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First Lieutenant Robert Baumann. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 21 August 1996
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) John Durtsche. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 August 1996
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Captain Jay Musler. Pilot, . American RAF bomber pilot based in England 1942-1943.
Died 31 August 1996
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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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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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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Lawrence Brustrom. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 13 August 1999
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Second Lieutenant Claudius Belk. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, Lykes Henderson Crew, 2 combat missions. Prisoner of War (POW) 26 June 1943, B17 42-3003
Died 14 August 1999
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Technical Sergeant Mark Meyer. Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29935 'CAT'S SASS'. Plane ditched in The North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #1725. POW
Died 19 August 1999
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Major Kenneth Keene. Pilot/784th BS Operations Officer, 466th Bomb Group. 26 combat missions: 1943 - Dec 11 Emden; 13 Kiel; 16 Bremen; 20 Bremen; 1944 - Jan 14 Pas de Calais; 21 Bois Carre/ 31 Siracourt; Feb 4 Frankfurt; 5 Tours; 8 Siracourt; 11 Siracourt
Died 31 August 1999
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Second Lieutenant David Braverman. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 2 August 2000
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Corporal (5th Grade) John Domitrovits. Auxillary Power Unit (Put Put) Specialist, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 August 2000
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Major Joseph Bennett. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. After training in the P-47 Thunderbolt, Bennett joined the 360th Fighter Squadron of the 356th Fighter Group at Groton, Connecticut, in March 1943, and moved with the squadron to Mitchel Field, New York, and
Died 15 August 2000
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Second Lieutenant Charles Smith. Navigator, 388th Bomb Group. Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-17 #42-30789 'Flak Suit'. Prisoner of War (POW). Charles Smith landed in the Dauwstraat in Waasmunster, to the East of Lokeren, Belgium, and was quickly
Died 20 August 2000
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Alson Petty. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 August 2000
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Staff Sergeant Cleon Sires. Togglier, 401st Bomb Group.
Died 6 August 2001
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Second Lieutenant Bernard Komasinski. Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Bernard Komasinski was on his 6th mission, piloting B-24 # 42-100415 when it ran into mechanical trouble on return in the afternoon from the 8 August 1944 mission to bomb
Died 7 August 2001
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Lieutenant Colonel John Jacobowitz. Squadron Commander, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 10 August 2001
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Forrest Ashby. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 19 August 2001
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First Lieutenant Raymond Meyer. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 21 August 2001
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Captain Guy Bowman. Squadron Gunnery Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 August 2001
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Technical Sergeant Victor Ciganek. Radio Operator, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 #42-3119 (possibly "Frisco Jenny', better known as "Destiny's Tot"). Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to
Died 25 August 2001
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Flight Officer John Atwater. Fighter Pilot, 479th Fighter Group. Assigned to 434FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. End of War (EOW). Awards: WWII Victory, EAME. Post War: Celebrated FBI agent who later became Police Chief of the Village of North Palm Beach.
Died 29 August 2001
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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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Captain Jesse Gonnam. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Jesse W Gonnam enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and graduated as a fighter pilot. In October of 1942 he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant at Foster Field in Victoria, TX. While there
Died 5 August 2002
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Master Sergeant (1st Grade) Harry McMillion. Line Chief, 100th Bomb Group.
Died 20 August 2002
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Captain Arthur Mack. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew 28 missions from 20 Dec 1943 to 20 May 1944. He flew 13 of those missions in the "Four Leaf Clover" B-17. He flew first pilot on all his missions due to the heavy losses
Died 21 August 2002
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Second Lieutenant Roderick Rice. Co-Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs.
Died 25 August 2002
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Lieutenant Glenn Rojohn. Pilot, 100th Bomb Group. Piggy-back pilot, Hamburg mission. Shot down 31 December 1944 in AC #4231987. 'The Little Skipper' Prisoner of War (POW). POW/ DFC/ AM/ PH
Died 1 August 2003
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Delmar Pederson. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 August 2003
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Captain Thomas Harrell. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 August 2003
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Frederick James. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 22 August 2003
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Staff Sergeant Louis Barto. Flexible Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. •Louis J. Barto, promoted from Corporal to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 SO #60 dated 1 August 1943 •Presented Oak Leaf Cluster (to Air Medal) on 24 February 1944 (microfilm B0376-0167
Died 22 August 2003
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Staff Sergeant John Gray. Radio Operator, 401st Bomb Group. Shot down 30 May 1944 in B-17 #4297440 'Flak Rat II. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 6 August 2004
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Second Lieutenant Robert Surdez. Co-Pilot, 388th Bomb Group. Robert Surdez was Co-Pilot on B-17 42-3439 of 96th Bomber Group / 413th Bomber Squadron, shot down 20 October 1943. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1018. Lt Surdez landed in parachute near Dinthe
Died 7 August 2004
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Sergeant Glen LeBleu. Gunner, 491st Bomb Group. Barely 18, Glen LeBleu enlisted in the Air Corps in July 1943. Trained as a gunner, he was sent overseas and assigned to the 491st Bomb Group / 854th Bomb Squadron in England. He was on board B-24 "Bell
Died 18 August 2004
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Major William Brice. Bombardier, 100th Bomb Group. My father flew 29 missions with the James S. Seamans' Crew. The nickname for the crew was Seamans' Demons. He was lead bombadier on several if not most missions. He was a good man whom I loved v
Died 26 August 2004
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First Lieutenant Edward Ritts. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 August 2004
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Technical Sergeant Francis Burns. Radio Operator, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Flew 25 missions Flew mostly on 'Skywolf', pilot was Morales. All original crew members came home to the USA DFC, Bronze Star, Air Medal w 2/Oak
Died 1 August 2005
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Second Lieutenant Bernard Dennehy. Fighter Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel in 1974.
Died 10 August 2005
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Second Lieutenant Thomas Styslinger. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4129365. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 15 August 2005
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Second Lieutenant Leroy Hokinson. Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Leroy Hokinson was a Pilot in the 55thFighter Group/38th Fighter Squadron. Flying his 6th mission on a fighter sweep to Venlo and Arnhem, The Netherlands on 31 January 1944 in P-38 Lightning Ser
Died 17 August 2005
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First Lieutenant Gilbert Holmes. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 August 2005
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First Lieutenant Bert Bernstein. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 August 2005
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Bernie Buser. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 2 August 2006
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Second Lieutenant Walter Ortel. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 August 2006
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Second Lieutenant Calvin Morton. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 August 2006
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Captain Robert Mabie. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Bob Mabie flew with the 4th Fighter Group from July 13, 1944 to May 4, 1945. In January 1945 he was designated Flight Commander of D Flight. He flew a P-51D, serial number 5-NA 44-14221, coded WD-I.
Died 17 August 2006
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Lieutenant John Zolner. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. John Zolner had lived in Ravena all his life and, after graduating from Ravena High School, he enlisted in the Air Corps in January 1942. He served as a Pilot in the 353rd Fighter Group / 350th F
Died 22 August 2006
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Carlo Galvagno. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 August 2007
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Captain Anthony Carras. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Co-Pilot of the Harry C. Merritt Crew - Crew 671 Competed 36 missions. Post war he was a well known television and film editor and producer. His credits include: The Bob Hope Christmas Special (TV Speci
Died 15 August 2007
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First Lieutenant William Hurt. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 August 2007
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Second Lieutenant Bedford Candler. Co-Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #838.
Died 16 August 2007
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Captain David Bridgers. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 August 2007
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Captain Vernon Garrett. Provost Marshal, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 August 2008
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Owen Coldiron. Top Turret Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. flew on famous Ploesti raid of 1 Aug '43
Died 11 August 2008
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Staff Sergeant William Accoo. Crew Chief, . William Accoo fought with distinction for the 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Fighter Squadron during its World War II campaigns in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. For his service he was awarded the Congressional Gold
Died 27 August 2008
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First Lieutenant Harold Johnson. Bombardier, 445th Bomb Group. He flew 29 missions in WW II. Stayed in the military for 30 years, retiring and serving in the White House in the 70's. DFC/Air Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster/Legion of Merit/DSC/ Worked in
Died 29 August 2008
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Technical Sergeant Eddie Winstead. Radio Operator, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-17 #426098 'Superstitious Aloysius. ' Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base. ENTERED U. S. ARMY AIR CORPS JUNE 11, 1942. FLEW 28 COMBAT MISS
Died 1 August 2009
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Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Edwards. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR Spartan Flight School Tulsa 133S Nov 41 transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF 20 June 1944 — 13 July 1944 C/O 336th FS He was shot down in P-51 #44-13608 [which crashed at Hatt
Died 7 August 2009
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Major Stanley Berlin. , 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few. Survived 25 missions flying bombers over Germany
Died 9 August 2009
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Captain Arthur Leatherwood. Pilot, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
Died 29 August 2009
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Second Lieutenant Torgeir Vigmostad. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Died 3 August 2010
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) George Warrington. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 August 2010
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Lindell. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down by flak on mission to V-Site Le Meillard on 14 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-31246. Evaded (EVD). Only member of crew not captured. He was helped by the French Resistance through occupied Fr
Died 15 August 2010
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First Lieutenant Jack Rencher. Pilot and Co-Pilot, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Jack P. Rencher started flying in Phoenix Arizona in 1937. He was operating a D8 bulldozer, graveyard shift, in an open pit copper mine when Pearl Harbor h
Died 20 August 2010
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First Lieutenant Claude Meconis. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 24 August 2010
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Second Lieutenant Elmer Homburg. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. One of the few flying officers to wear glasses during his tour. Flew 25 missions before the end of hostilities
Died 17 August 2011
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Zohrab Hanisian. Left Waist Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs.
Died 31 August 2011
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Vincent Palmer. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 31 August 2011
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Captain Heath Carriker. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Dec 23, 44 on mission to Blatchen, ger. flack disabled aileron and rudder control with resulting loss of altitude from 23,000 to 8,000 ft. With elevator controls and all engines we made it back to Base 1:30
Died 5 August 2012
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Lloyd Freeman. Ball Turret Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters on the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin and crashed near Staphorst, Holland on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31373 'Flak Stop&#
Died 9 August 2012
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Russell Holt. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 August 2012
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Sydney Hovde. Left Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 19 August 2012
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