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Howard LeCompte
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306th Bombardment Group/367th Bombardment Squadron - "Combined Operations" left Thurleigh, Bedford, England on April 14, 1945 heading towards Belfast, Ireland on a R&R trip to drop off some passengers and pick up some whiskey. The B-17 carrying 11 people, crashed into the southern tip of the Isle of Man, killing the entire crew. My Grandfather was the navigator aboard and died only 2 months before my mother was born. I am trying to find out all the information I can on the crash, the relatives of the desceased and my Grandfather so that a fitting memorial may be placed at the crash site.
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1st Lt. Robert A. Vieille....2nd Lt. Austin J. Parrish....2nd Lt. Collins E. Liersch....F/O Howard E. LeCompte....Sgt. Chester F. Smalczewski....Tech Sgt. Ernest E. Gallion....Capt. George E. Cubberly....Capt. Wilbur B. Butterfield....Master Sgt. Derrell S. Jones....Sgt. William C. Starbuck....Red Cross Emily H. Rea
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