Earl Sampson Lyles Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA). B-17 #42-97093 'Doc's Flying Circus' or 'Girl of my Dreams' or 'I'll Get By'. Severe icing occurred during assembly for Kassel mission. Ship went into spin, Earl S. Lyles Jr. and Charles Spector bail out, Killed in Action (KIA).
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Houston, TX | 12 December 1924 | |
| Houston, TX | 29 December 1942 | 2417 Spring Street | |
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Died |
in the vicinity of Framlingham Airfield, UK | 30 December 1944 | Attempted to bail out of his severely iced up and spinning a/c. He was however KIA. The pilot recovered the a/c and was able to return to base. |
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Buried |
Houston, tX | 3 June 1949 | Hollywood Cemetery Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Plot Section C Lot 175 Grave 1 |
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Combat Chronology, Unit Website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia