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Forenames
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Name
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Age
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Date of Death
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Place of Death
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Reference
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Details
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O-796657
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1st Lieutenant
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William F.
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Brown
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359th Fighter Squadron
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7th January 1944
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Aachen
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Enemy action
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Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium
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Plot D. Row 5. Grave 37.
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After being hit by Flak on a withdrawl support mission he bailed out. Unfortunately despite landing safely he was lynched by a mob of civillians. He had joined the Squadron in March 1943. A native of Pennsylvania he was awarded the Air Medal with Oak leaf
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