On 18 DEC 1944, two B-26s of the 394th BG were involved in a mid-air collision (Category 4 Damage) over Epinoy, France (ALG A-75). Both flight crews perished. except Radio-Gunner, T/Sgt Charles Lipscomb. He was ejected from his seat while waiting to taxi at RAF Boreham. At the very last moment, a Bombardier-Navigator, 2nd Lt. Milton Waters, replaced Lipscomb so that he could accrue the points needed to end his tour of duty and return home to California. Waters is buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, in California, along with both of his parents, who served in WW I.
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Military | Corporal | Radio / Gunner | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed in 42-96207 No MACR as accident Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
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Military | Corporal | Gunner | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
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Military | Corporal | Engineer / Gunner | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed in 42-96207 No MACR as accident Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
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Military | Corporal | Engineer / Gunner | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed pilot Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed in 42-96207 No MACR as accident Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed pilot Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
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Military | Colonel | Tail Gunner | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed in 42-96207 No MACR as accident Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
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Military | Corporal | Tail Gunner | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed pilot Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed in either B-26 42-34212 or 42-96207 No MACR as accident ( Clearly a replacement, as not from either of the original crew lists) Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
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