Don W Lusk Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Image courtesy of Ingrid Steiner
Object Number - UPL 7332 - Second Lieutenant Don Winston Lusk Jr of the 303rd Bomb Group.
Shot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24526 'Leaping Liz' while serving as Bombardier. Target was U/B yards (submarines) at St. Nazaire, France. Fighters attacked and plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Participated in 5 Operations - 1 Abort. (See Biography events).
Purple Heart
Connections
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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
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
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- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 23 November 1942
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Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Mission #1 2LT Don W. Lusk, Jr. |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24526, "Leapin Liz", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. (RTB OK). |
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Other Mission #2 2LT Don W. Lusk, Jr. w/B-17F 41-24582 |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24582, "One O'Clock Jump", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the Carriage and Wagon Works at Lille, France (RTB OK) |
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Other Mission #3 2LT Don W. Jusk, Jr. w/41-24526, 303BG/358BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24526, "Leapin' Liz", 303BG/358BS. Mission was to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the mission. |
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Other Mission #4 2LT Don W. Lusk, Jr. w/B-17-F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24526, "Leapin' Liz", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. (RTB OK) |
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Other Mission #5 2LT Don W. Lusk, Jr. w/B-17F 41-24526 KIA |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24526, "Leapin' Liz", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the torpedo storage areas at St. Nazaire, France. (KIA) |
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Born |
Portage, PA, USA | ||
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Buried |
Dinozé, France | Buried in the Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 38, Grave 45. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 10-Aug-2015. Made Connections to Aircraft & Missions per 303BG website Mission Reports: Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/
Lee Cunningham 10-Aug-2015. Added Mission events #2 thru #5 per 303BG website Mission Reports, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/
Lee Cunningham 10-Aug-2015. Added Mission event #1 per 303BG website Mission Report of 23-Nov-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 7650; added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; added crew position and made minor edits to biography.
Transferred relevant information from duplicate record.
MACR 7650 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7650, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 60, ABMC web site
