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German Fw190 A-8 Lt. Salffner 7./JG300

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American Boeing B-17G-60-BO 42-102969 Methuselah 969 Years

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/44; Kearney 6/5/44; Grenier 24/5/44; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-X] Thurleigh 5/6/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/9/44 with Earl Barr, Co-pilot: Bob Reid, Bombardier: Garland Montague, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hector Chavez, Ball turret gunner: Nick Hoolko Wounded in Action, Waist gunner: Alf Capen Wounded in Action (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Matt Meyerson (chute failed), Radio Operator: Bill Bauer, Tail gunner: Wilbur Whitaker (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft hit #1 & #3, then exploded and crashed Brodowin, near Berlin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8836

Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.

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American Boeing B-29-55-BW Superfortress 44-69665 Triangle-I (468th BG, 793rd BS) shot down by Japanese fighter Jun 5, 1945 over Shorenji Nabari City Mie, Japan while on mission to Kobe. MACR 14390. 2 crew KIA, 9 bailed out and became POW. 3 died in captivity and 6 were executed.
Crewmembers
Captain Robert L. Arnold
1st Lt Vincent L. Garman
S/Sgt Glenn C. Huhnstock
S/Sgt Kenneth L. Kirkland
S/Sgt Theodore P. Ladd
Cpl Theodore J. Mainiere
Sgt Joseph R. McDaniel
1st Lt Harry P. Polgar
S/Sgt Charles L. Vreeland
F/O Melvin Wolf
1st Lt Roy M. Young

468th Bomb Group B-29 Pilot Capt. ROBERT ARNOLD; KIA Over Japan 1945


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American North American P-51B-5 43-6974 Mr Period!
357th FG, 364th FS , shot down by Bf 109G-6 flown by Ofw Eberhard Kroker of JG 300/3 3./JG300 SW of Halle and 20 mi SW of Leipzig, Germany Jun 29, 1944. MACR 6260. Pilot was Richard Smith

Kroker would die on 21 juli 1944 Friday

1944-07-21, 3./JG 300, Bf 109 G-5, 110055, < 3, Ebersberg
Flugzeugführer Fhj-Ofw Kroker, Eberhard, +
Luftkampf. Bruch 100 %. Mit Fallschirm abgesprungen, aber der Schirm nicht geöffnet. Grab: Gemeindefriedhof Ebersberg.

Matti

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Boeing B-17F-75-BO Fortress 42-29891 379th BG, 524th BS, Dangerous Dan

Delivered Denver 4/3/43; Sioux City 20/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-N] Kimbolton 22/4/43; returned Osnabruck 22-12-1943 Wednesday with Ken Davis, Co-pilot: Chas Fowler, Navigator: Paul Clark, Bombardier: Stan Dolgin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Hanson, Radio Operator: Frank Miller, Ball turret gunner: Tom Stapleton, Waist gunner: George Wall, Waist gunner: McCauley Price, Tail gunner: Joe Supulski (10 Returned to Duty); engine trouble caused crash landed Ubbeston, near Leiston, Sfk., UK; Salvaged

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