John Pettus Lipscomb Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 453BS, 323BG, 9AF USAAF. B-26 41-34706 shot down by flak and crashed near Vraignes. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 213
Awards: SS, PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12038354
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39250858
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17033526
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791803
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Miss Fortune
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Jackson, MS | 13 June 1919 | Son of John Pettus and Viola Henderson [Clifford] Lipscomb. |
Enlisted |
Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH | 11 July 1941 | Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio |
Died |
31 July 1943 | ||
Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 12 Grave 7 | |
Based |
Earls Colne | 31 July 1943 | Assigned to 453BS, 323BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Combat Chronology, WWII Memorial, Losses of 8th Air Force p. 214 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia