Lucius H Fritz
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 56377 - 2nd Lt Lucius H Fritz, 389BG.
KNO on maintenance flight of B-24 42-40716. Flight was to slow-time an engine. Shortly after takeoff CPT. Rodenberg called for an emergency landing with problems with engine #1. Plane crashed. 6 x KNO, 1 x RTD
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17028234 / 0-661966
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Yours Truly
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kitsap County, WA | 26 April 1917 | Son of Lucius Leroy and Mabel May [Tucker] Fritz. |
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Other Marriage |
Los Angeles, CA | 19 January 1939 | Married Florence Agnes Nachtigall. |
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Died |
13 September 1943 | ||
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | 14 September 1943 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Plot B Row 6 Grave 36 |
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Based |
Hethel | 13 September 1943 | Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 280, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
