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Capt Kenneth R. Bridges (pilot), 491st Bomb Squadron, was killed in the crash of "Niagra's Belle" (43-3906) on 19 January 1945. His aircraft was one of four on a mission to bomb the railroad bridge at Dap-Cu, French Indo-China. Over the target his aircraft was hit by automatic weapons fire, damaging the right engine and causing it to quit as...