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Roy McGinnes
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Pierre Joseph
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Pierre Joseph was assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron from the 305th Bomb Group as a gunner on 28 March 1944. No crew affiliation. He was shot down, 13 April 1944, flying with the Joseph L Bedsole crew and held as a Prisoner of War. This was his first mission with the 547th bomb Squadron. He flew 16 combat missions with the 305th Bomb Group before being assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron.
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James Edward Grauer
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James was assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron on 8 July 1943 as a gunner without crew affiliation. After flying two missions in the 547th Bomb Squadron, he was subsequently assigned to the 544th bomb Squadron and then to the 545th Bomb Squadron. He flew missions with various crews before his final mission with the Broyhill Crew, 24 April 1944, when they were shot-up on the mission to Oberpfaffenhofen and crash landed in Switzerland where the crew was interned.
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Philip Giles Kemp
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Philip G. Kemp was assigned without crew affiliation on 15 December 1943. He completed 30 combat missions and was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 4 March 1944. Photo from Class book for bombardier class 43-09 at Deming Army Air Field, Deming, New Mexico. Daniel Bon
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Francis Robert Sylvia
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Assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron on 8 July 1943 as a gunner without crew affiliation, he was shot down on his 14th mission, 14 October 1943, flying with the Donald P Ogilvie Crew. He was able to evade capture with the assistance of the French Underground and returned to Allied Control in April 1944.
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William Pierce Hunter
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William Pierce "Jack" Hunter was assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron on 28 January 1945 without crew affiliation. He flew 25 missions as Tail Gunner on various crews. He was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 24 March 1945 while flying with Joseph Zakas as Crew Pilot. Why did he have the nickname "Jack"? "When I was born I was named William, but my daddy wanted a boy named Jack so I was called Jack all my life". Related to Keith Ellefson at Jack's "Wingy" signing in Athens, Alabama. November 2016
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Richard Joseph McCray
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Richard Joseph McCray was assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron on 21 April 1943 as a pilot, MOS 1091. He was Killed in Action on his second mission, 25 June 1943, flying as co-pilot with the George W Riches Crew.
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Paul James Brumley
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Assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron in June 1944 without crew affiliation, Paul Brumley's Individual Sortie Report indicates that he flew four combat missions in late 1943/early 1944 prior to being assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron. He flew with various 547th Bomb Squadron crews and completed 31 missions on 29 November 1944.
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William Paul Horan
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William Paul Horan was assigned to the 544th Bomb Squadron on 11 October 1944 and transferred to the 547th Bomb Squadron on 28 October 1944. He was Killed in Action on 27 December 1944 while flying with the Elmer Nelson Crew.
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Albin Eugene Kucinski
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Albin Kucinski was assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron on 6 August 1944 but remained attached to the 1st Replacement & Training Squadron (B) AAF Station 112. He did not fly any missions with the 384th bomb Group.
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