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Sergeant Clyde H. Breckenridge (1924–1944)

On July 8, 2022July 16, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Army Air ForcesLeave a comment

A B-24 gunner in the ill-fated 492nd Bomb Group killed during a costly raid on Germany

Staff Sergeant George H. Devine (1909–1944)

On December 21, 2021July 8, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, U.S. Army Air Forces1 Comment

A B-24 gunner who lost his life when he bailed out over the North Sea after his plane was hit on a mission to Germany

Major Paul J. Collins (1923–2021)

On November 22, 2021August 25, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, U.S. Army Air ForcesLeave a comment

A special feature on a Eighth Air Force bombardier who made it home and later assisted with several profiles on this site

2nd Lieutenant Lowell F. Simmons (1918–1944)

On November 22, 2021February 12, 2023 By Lowell SilvermanIn European Theater, Maine, U.S. Army Air ForcesLeave a comment

A pilot from Maine who was killed in action during his first mission, a raid on Berlin

2nd Lieutenant Rocco DeFilippis (1919–1944)

On November 20, 2021February 12, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn European Theater, Pennsylvania, U.S. Army Air ForcesLeave a comment

A bombardier from South Philadelphia killed in action over Germany

2nd Lieutenant Harold N. Sheaffer (1920–1944)

On September 26, 2021December 3, 2021 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Army Air ForcesLeave a comment

A B-17 navigator killed in action during the Allied aerial offensive known as Big Week

Sergeant Harry M. Hinkson, Jr. (1923–1944)

On September 13, 2021February 17, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, U.S. Army Air ForcesLeave a comment

A clerk for the DuPont Company turned U.S. Army Air Forces gunner who was killed in action during a raid on Germany

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2nd Lieutenant John A. Randall (1906–1943)
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1st Lieutenant Thomas O. Hudson (1918–1944)
1st Lieutenant Wallace C. Forbush, Jr. (1918–1944)
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