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On this day in history;  August 2nd 1943 – Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress, 41-2463, "Yankee Doodle", of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, crashes on takeoff due mechanical failure at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, Bombardier Sgt. John P. Kruger and navigator Lt. Talbert H. Woolam are killed. The Pilot was Gene Roddenberry, future creator of Star Trek. Gene Roddenberry flew west on October 24th 1991, leaving us with our dreams of space flight and inspiration as his final gift, and a reason to look to the stars, where no man has gone before