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His first and thirteenth combat missions were the toughest ones, in Vienna, then Linz, Austria with the 98th Bomb Group, 415th Squadron, the latter started on March 22, 1945, with several B-24's in groups of threes, and the first two groups were shot down on the 31st of March, and he flew the lead plane in the third group which was spared. Those killed included:
* 2LT William Kenneth Fowlkes (b. 1922 Troy, Obion, TN, lived Terre Haute, IN); wife: 1944 @ Terre Haute, IN married Marjorie Rose Black Fowlkes-Watkins (1924-2010 Terre Haute, Vigo, IN). 2nd husband: Roy Wilbert Watkins (1922-1992 Terre Haute, IN). He was buried in Ardennes, France, awarded the Purple Heart & the Air medals.
* FO Glenn Lavere Day (b. 1923 Washington, Brown, IN), son of Glenn (b. 1898 Washington, Brown, IN - d. 1980 Bloomington, IN) & Jennie Dell Fritch Day (b. 1902 Jackson, Brown, IN - d. 2000 Bloomington, IN)
* 2LT Charles Allen Roe, Jr. (b. 1925 Memphis, TN), son of Charles A. Roe (1898-1977) & Hilda H. Roe (1906-1980).
* Richard Ferris Varder (b. 1858 Harberton, Devon, [[England]] - d. 1933 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, [[Ohio]]) emigrated as a carpenter in 1881 to Winnipeg, [[Manitoba]], Canada to preach to Cree Indians, and then in 1924 to Chicago, [[Illinois]]. In 1930, he was residing in Winnipeg. He authored books from PB publishers. See [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Varder-47 Wikitree note].
* Ronnie Ferris (d. 1981) @ Burbank Meeting Room, CA, parents in that assembly also until about 1982.
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