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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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Old eBay German Holland Nachtjäger NJG4 Herget , Nacke , König here II. / Zerstorergewader 76. ZG 76 2./ZG76

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American Paul J Sattler
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

On Lockheed/Vega B-17G-5-VE 42-39867 / Hang the Expense II aka Boeing Belle delivered Long Beach Sep 24, 1943. To Great Islaand Nov 6, 1943. Assigned to 349th Bs, 100th BG at Thorp Abbots Nov 11,1943. On mission to Frankfurt Jan 24, 1944 flak hit the tail and blew out the tail gunner who became POW. Limped home and repaired. Transferred to 351st BS ("Hang the Expense III aka Boeing Belle"). Returned to USA Jun 1945. To RFC at Kingman, AZ Dec 13, 1945

Crew names 2nd pic: Sattler Parnis Howard Rowe Stachel

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German Oskar Blechschmid + 12-11-1943 Friday

1943-11-12, FFS B 21, He 111H-9, 5416, CK+PR, 1,5 km nördlich Waldau, an der Straße Wolfsdorf/Wargienen, Absturz. Bruch 100 %.
Fluglehrer Ofw Zurwehme, Heinrich, +
Flugschüler Uffz Bauer, Willi, +
Flugschüler Ogfr Blechschmid, Oskar, +
Bordwart Uffz Friedrichs, Artur, +

Matti

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German Karl Unertl + 06-06-1944 Tuesday Transport geschwader TG

1944-06-06, 3./L.V.Gr., Ju 52/3mg6e, 3021, BJ+YV, Baulmes, Absturz infolge Beschuß von Schweizerisch Jäger. Bruch 100 %.
FF Ogfr Unertl, Karl, tot
BF Uffz Graupner, Manfred, tot
BW Uffz Zapka, Johannes, tot
BS Ogfr Grindel, Kurt, tot

Perhaps also two other dead passengers.

Best regards,

Matti

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