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*GONE FROM THIS EARTH*

*REST IN PEACE*



Stone Church Cemetery, Pennsylvania
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LT.WOODROW WILSON DUTT WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION WHILE ON A COMBAT MISSION OVER FRANCE. HE DIED, AS A RESULT OF HIS WOUNDS, AT GREAT ASHFIELD ENGLAND ON JULY 9.1944. HIS REMAIN'S WERE RETURNED TO THE U.S.ON
AUG.4.1948. LT. DUTT WAS BORN ON JUNE 4,1917.
HE WAS THE NAVIGATOR ON THE WAR HORSE, A B17 BOMBER OF THE 549TH.SQRD.385TH.BOMB GROUP.8TH U.S.ARMY AIRFORCE.
I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT LT.DUTT HAD A BROTHER K.I.A.IN NORTH AFRICA. ELMER.F.DUTT - BORN-1915-DIED-1943. ELMER SERVED AS A PFC IN CO.M - 39TH INF.
WOODY AND ELMER ARE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE IN THE FAMILY PLOT IN STONE CHURCH.


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ANDREW [BUDDY] STRUKE WAS A TAIL-GUNNER WITH THE 385TH.AND PASSED AWAY A FEW YRS AGO.GOD BLESS HIM
  LT. ROY. M. SLAPER.
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LT. ROY M. SLAPER WAS A BOMBARDIER ABOARD THE WAR HORSE - 549TH SQRD - 385TH BOMB GROUP - 8TH U.S.ARMY AIRFORCE.
LT. SLAPER WAS K.I.A. OVER BERLIN WHILE FLYING ON HIS 35th COMBAT MISSION ON OCT.6.1944.
LT. SLAPER IS BURIED IN THE ZACHARY NATIONAL CEMETERY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY





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In Memory of = WILLIAM J. "Bill" DYER
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Staff Sergeant - "Mission Belle" - 8th AAF - 385th Bomb Group
550th Bomb Squadron - Great Ashfield England - 1944
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March 24, 1920 - July 27, 1999
Intered = Valley View Cemetery - Rose's Brook - South Kortright, New York
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Lt. GEORGE KONTOS (9/3/1919 - 9/25/1998) Navigator - 385th Bomb Group - is buried beside his wife - ELEANOR K. KONTOS (8/6/1921 - 8/15/1987), ( also a WW II NAVY Veteran - Yoeman ) - in Bourne National Cemetery, - Bourne, Massachusetts

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In Memory of :

Sgt. George F. Masteka

( 12 / 03 / 16 ) --- ( 01 / 01 / 61 )

B-24 - Radio Operator / Gunner
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392nd Bomb Group --- 577th Bomb Squadron
8th USAAF - England
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In Memory of =

Airman 1st Class

PETER DAVID STONE
2/27/37 - 8/14/01

U.S. Airforce

Peter served America in Peace and War - he passed away in the West Roxbury VA Hospital -Boston, Mass.

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In Memory of - "A Real American Hero."

GLA ERLING OWEN - T/Sgt. ASN. 371-89-797

March 20, 1920 -- January 29, 1944
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8th USAAF - England

Engineer / Top Turret Gunner on B-17 - "Piccadilly Queen"
385th B.G. - 549th B.S. - KIA over Kaiserslautern, Germany

Buried ; Ardennes American Cemetery - Belgium

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Memory Of = Sgt. Robert L. Green, Sr. - B-17 Crew Chief/Engineer - 483 Bomb Group, 816th Bomb Squadron - Foggia, Italy. WW II - Sgt. Green passed away in 1998. Submitted by his Grandson - M/Sgt. Dave Green - USAF - Pope Air Base.

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Memory of = Major Duane Pangle - Pilot of the B-17 Bomber named "Mission Belle" passed away March 30, 2003 @ 85 years of age. --- The Mission Belle was damaged and crash landed in Sweden where the crew were interned and released about three months before May of 1945 - the end of WW2. --- Major Pangle is sorely missed by his family and especially his nephew Steven E. Roberts of Florida.

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Brothers = ELMER AND WOODY DUTT
Both killed in action - WWII
ELMER (left) WAS KILLED WHILE SERVING IN THE U.S.ARMY INFANTRY. HIS BROTHER (right) WAS KILLED IN THE 8th U.S.ARMY AIRFORCE
Cementery - Stone Church, Pennsylvania


B17-of the 385TH Bomb Group
This B-17 was rammed from behind by a German ME-109 - fighter during an attack on the formation.
THIS PLANE WAS FROM THE 385TH. BOMB GROUP.
PILOT WAS LT. BURICH - ALL TEN CREW MEN WERE LOST OVER GERMANY ON APRIL 7,1945.
B-17 SERIAL#44-8744.

Names of crew members KIA on 385th BG Mission No. 285 are as follow =

Lt. George E. Burich ----------Pilot

Lt. Willard B. Huggins --------Co-Pilot

Lt. Elwood L. Randall ---------Navigator

Sgt. Robert H. Bayne ----------Chin Turret/ Toggleer

Sgt. Wendell E. Pish ----------Top Turret

Sgt. Curtis L. Walker ---------Radioman

Sgt. Jesse W. Clark -----------Ball Turret

Sgt. Charles J. Stewart -------Tail Gunner

Sgt. Demos Peyropoulos --------Gunner

Sgt. Paul R. Miller -----------Gunner

It should be noted Sgt. Stewart shared 1/2 kill on the ME-109 with Sgt. Leroy Lancaster- Tail Gunner in adjacent element B-17.


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