Donald Henry Lemons

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-52135.jpeg UPL 52135 Donald Lemons

Donald Lemons family

Object Number - UPL 52135 - Donald Lemons

Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; hit by flak, exploded mid-air near Stendahl Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14295





Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36901826
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16119867 / O-828502
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35813772
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Time's A-Wastin'" of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Times A-Wastin
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

El Dorado, KS 14 November 1919 Son of Thomas Harvey and Rose Nell Lemons. Husband of Ruby.

Enlisted

Oklahoma City, OK 23 June 1943 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Other

Departed ZI

28 November 1944 Departed for ETO.

Died

Stendal, Germany 8 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; hit by flak, exploded mid-air near Stendahl KIA MACR 14295

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Bassingbourn 8 April 1945 Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot D Row 36 Grave 5
Norman, OK Resided Norman, Oklahoma

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14295 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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