David A LePitre
Military ROLL OF HONOURMcCool
David LePitre completed 9 missions as navigator as part of Blonde Bombshell crew.
On his tenth mission, while on loan to B-24 #4251481 as pilotage navigator (part of the lead crew), his aircraft was shot down over Hamburg on 17 January 1945.
He was Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Des Plaines, IL, USA | 12 August 1924 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 17 January 1945 | |
Buried |
National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027, USA |
Revisions
Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Vincent S. Cahill/ MACR 11735
Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3659219
MACR 11735 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database