Richard D Haynam

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Joined Sqd 8/16/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 10/18/44 (Leverkusen). Pilot: Lehnhausen, E. Plane was B-24 'Flak Magnet' #4250596

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Edward Clark Lehnhausen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-764355
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50596

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Akron, OH, USA 12 April 1943

Born

Canton, Ohio, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

4364 TB Buttinge, Netherlands 18 October 1944
Stark County, OH, USA

Buried

Plot I Row 7 Grave 10 Luxembourg American Cemetery Luxembourg

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=5706322
https://www.abmc.gov/node/550075#.WrBvX2cm5es
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56061653

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9654 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Webb Todd MACR 9654