David A LePitre

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 17490 - Lepitre

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

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

An pathfinder B-24 Liberator of the 853rd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group goes down after a direct flak hit during a riad on Harburg, 17 January 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '853rd BS, 491st BG, 17 Jan 1945. Harburg Refinery - Germany. Lead ship going down, pilot [illegible] strain.' Second handwritten on reverse: '17-1-45, 334.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Is this trip necessary? , Blonde Bombshell
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Des Plaines, IL, USA 12 August 1924

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 17 January 1945

Buried

National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027, USA

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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

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MACR 11735 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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