shares stone w/Samuel D. Dillard.
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SGT Patrick H. Dillard with Killed In Action when his aircraft, B-24J-5-FO #42-51531 of the 466th Bomb Group - 785th Bomb Squadron was shot down over The Netherlands on 5 April 1945. The a/c crashed near the village of Zonnemaire, Zeeland, The Netherlands.
With thanks to FAG Contributor Chris Brassfield
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Patrick H. Dillard, a B-24 Liberator Aerial Gunner assigned to Crew #589 - 2Lt Philip Ross' (Find A Grave Memorial 56293903) Crew, 785th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 96th Combat Bombardment Wing, 2nd Bombardment Division, U.S. Army Air Forces, flying out of RAF Attlebridge, Norfolk, England, World War II.
Sgt Dillard was Killed In Action (initially declared Missing in Action) when his bomber, B-24J-5-FO tail #42-51531, was shot down over The Netherlands on 5 April 1945 (Missing Aircrew Report 450405). The aircraft crashed near the village of Zonnemaire, Zeeland, The Netherlands. On "Mission 928": 1,358 bombers (B-17s & B-24s) and 662 fighters (P-47s & P-51s) attack marshalling yards, ordnance depots, armament works and airfields in Germany; of the 1,358 bombers 397 B-24s are sent to hit the marshalling yard at Plauen (151) and the munitions dump at Bayreuth (39); targets of opportunity are the munitions dump at Grafenwohr (1) and munitions plant at Ingolstadt (1); bombing is with H2X radar; 5 B-24s are lost and 5 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 44 MIA.
With thanks to FAG Contributor SBR
SGT.
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SGT Patrick H. Dillard with Killed In Action when his aircraft, B-24J-5-FO #42-51531 of the 466th Bomb Group - 785th Bomb Squadron was shot down over The Netherlands on 5 April 1945. The a/c crashed near the village of Zonnemaire, Zeeland, The Netherlands.
With thanks to FAG Contributor Chris Brassfield
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Patrick H. Dillard, a B-24 Liberator Aerial Gunner assigned to Crew #589 - 2Lt Philip Ross' (Find A Grave Memorial 56293903) Crew, 785th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 96th Combat Bombardment Wing, 2nd Bombardment Division, U.S. Army Air Forces, flying out of RAF Attlebridge, Norfolk, England, World War II.
Sgt Dillard was Killed In Action (initially declared Missing in Action) when his bomber, B-24J-5-FO tail #42-51531, was shot down over The Netherlands on 5 April 1945 (Missing Aircrew Report 450405). The aircraft crashed near the village of Zonnemaire, Zeeland, The Netherlands. On "Mission 928": 1,358 bombers (B-17s & B-24s) and 662 fighters (P-47s & P-51s) attack marshalling yards, ordnance depots, armament works and airfields in Germany; of the 1,358 bombers 397 B-24s are sent to hit the marshalling yard at Plauen (151) and the munitions dump at Bayreuth (39); targets of opportunity are the munitions dump at Grafenwohr (1) and munitions plant at Ingolstadt (1); bombing is with H2X radar; 5 B-24s are lost and 5 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 44 MIA.
With thanks to FAG Contributor SBR
shares stone w/Samuel D. Dillard.
SGT.
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SGT Patrick H. Dillard with Killed In Action when his aircraft, B-24J-5-FO #42-51531 of the 466th Bomb Group - 785th Bomb Squadron was shot down over The Netherlands on 5 April 1945. The a/c crashed near the village of Zonnemaire, Zeeland, The Netherlands.
With thanks to FAG Contributor Chris Brassfield
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Patrick H. Dillard, a B-24 Liberator Aerial Gunner assigned to Crew #589 - 2Lt Philip Ross' (Find A Grave Memorial 56293903) Crew, 785th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 96th Combat Bombardment Wing, 2nd Bombardment Division, U.S. Army Air Forces, flying out of RAF Attlebridge, Norfolk, England, World War II.
Sgt Dillard was Killed In Action (initially declared Missing in Action) when his bomber, B-24J-5-FO tail #42-51531, was shot down over The Netherlands on 5 April 1945 (Missing Aircrew Report 450405). The aircraft crashed near the village of Zonnemaire, Zeeland, The Netherlands. On "Mission 928": 1,358 bombers (B-17s & B-24s) and 662 fighters (P-47s & P-51s) attack marshalling yards, ordnance depots, armament works and airfields in Germany; of the 1,358 bombers 397 B-24s are sent to hit the marshalling yard at Plauen (151) and the munitions dump at Bayreuth (39); targets of opportunity are the munitions dump at Grafenwohr (1) and munitions plant at Ingolstadt (1); bombing is with H2X radar; 5 B-24s are lost and 5 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 44 MIA.
With thanks to FAG Contributor SBR
SGT.
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SGT Patrick H. Dillard with Killed In Action when his aircraft, B-24J-5-FO #42-51531 of the 466th Bomb Group - 785th Bomb Squadron was shot down over The Netherlands on 5 April 1945. The a/c crashed near the village of Zonnemaire, Zeeland, The Netherlands.
With thanks to FAG Contributor Chris Brassfield
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Patrick H. Dillard, a B-24 Liberator Aerial Gunner assigned to Crew #589 - 2Lt Philip Ross' (Find A Grave Memorial 56293903) Crew, 785th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 96th Combat Bombardment Wing, 2nd Bombardment Division, U.S. Army Air Forces, flying out of RAF Attlebridge, Norfolk, England, World War II.
Sgt Dillard was Killed In Action (initially declared Missing in Action) when his bomber, B-24J-5-FO tail #42-51531, was shot down over The Netherlands on 5 April 1945 (Missing Aircrew Report 450405). The aircraft crashed near the village of Zonnemaire, Zeeland, The Netherlands. On "Mission 928": 1,358 bombers (B-17s & B-24s) and 662 fighters (P-47s & P-51s) attack marshalling yards, ordnance depots, armament works and airfields in Germany; of the 1,358 bombers 397 B-24s are sent to hit the marshalling yard at Plauen (151) and the munitions dump at Bayreuth (39); targets of opportunity are the munitions dump at Grafenwohr (1) and munitions plant at Ingolstadt (1); bombing is with H2X radar; 5 B-24s are lost and 5 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 44 MIA.
With thanks to FAG Contributor SBR
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