Lyle M Ostrander
Military
492nd Bomb Group - 859th Bomb Squadron
SSGT Lyle Ostrander a Flight Engineer on the Paul Crew is in the pilot's seat
Object Number - UPL 37931 - B-24J-1-FO #42-50675 "Bold Venture III" Code: X4-F+ 492nd Bomb Group - 859th Bomb Squadron SSGT Lyle Ostrander a Flight Engineer on the Paul Crew...
Killed in Action (KIA). B-24 AC# 44-10541. While on weather reconnaissance mission over the North Sea, the plane encountered severe icing and went into a spin. Pilot recovered AC at 700 ft, but three cres members had bailed out. Ai/Sea rescue could not locate the men.
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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
Events
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Died |
9 November 1944 | ||
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Born |
Michigan | ||
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Buried |
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Sources
Combat Supplement, Unit History & Watts book p 161 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
