WWII

Reuter, Raymond F.

Capt. Reuter was the pilot of P-51 Mustang #44-7285 in fighter group three in england. Capt. Reuter went MIA on September 10, 1944 after bailing out into enemy occupied territory. He made his way to england and returned to active duty. On April 17th, 1944 he went out on a mission as deputy squadron commander, leading a group of P-51s. Capt. Raymond F. Reuter was killed in action on a mission to then Czechoslovakia. His plane was hit by anti-aircraft defence in the vicinity of Ceske Budejovice, south of Prague.

Rasmussen, Emil Olaf

Shot down and killed October 14, 1943, on the 2nd Schweinfurt raid, it was his 24th mission. His plane was 42-37720 which, according to news clippings at the time, was named the "Jackie Ellen". It was one of the first planes to go down on the mission. All were lost except the radio operator, TSgt Joseph C. Bocelli. His remains were repatriated to the United States and interred on November 27, 1950.

Purdy, James Granville

Born in Germany, he fought and died in the service of the American armed forces during an armed confrontation with Japanese forces in World War II. He was declared missing in action, presumed dead, when his B-17, successfully returning from a mission to bomb Bogadjim village in New Guinea, was attacked by Japanese Ki-43 Oscars of the 24th Sentai and crashed off Bogadjim, 100 yards offshore from the mouth of the Mindjim River.