John Keith Lundberg
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 38085
2nd Lt. Jack Lundberg
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Killed in Action (KIA) 22 June 1944 in AC #4297084. First mission as head navigator.
Navigator in John Houston crew
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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: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37501550
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball turret
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17113431
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner, Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32073896 / O-757387
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39199324
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spare Charlie
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Val Verda, Utah | 3 December 1918 | Born at home. |
Enlisted |
Farmington, Utah | 10 September 1941 | |
Other Based at Hondo Army Airfield |
Hondo, Texas | 1 November 1942 - 1 January 1944 | Attended Advanced Navigation school at Hondo Army Airfield. After graduation on 1 April 1943, Lt. Lundberg stayed and instructed navigation to aviation cadets in 87th Navigation Training Group. |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Abbeville, France | 22 June 1944 | Shot down in B-17 "Spare Charlie". The plane crashed in Les Marais d'Épagnette, outside of Abbeville. |
Buried |
Abbeville Communal Cemetery | 15 February 1945 | Lt. Lundberg's body was found on the Abbeville side of the Somme river by Abbeville citizens. He was buried in the British Military section of the Abbeville Communal Cemetery later that day. |
Buried |
St. André de l'Eure, France | 12 July 1945 | Buried in Plot G, Row 8, Grave 153 in the temporary St. André de l'Eure cemetery. |
Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | 12 April 1949 | Plot B, Row 10, Grave 17 |
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Sources
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, MACR 5918 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5918 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database