Dick Lorenzo Libbee
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 46214 - 2Lt Dick Lorenzo Libbee, 303BG
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 6 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen in B-17 42-31233 20-Dec-43; A/C hit by Me110 launched rockets. Crashed near Bremen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1707.
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32147184 / O-797564
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Piqua, Ohio, USA | 21 August 1920 | Son of Clifford E and Stella V [Oldham] Libbee. |
|
Enlisted |
Wright-Patterson AFB, Fairborn, Ohio, USA | 14 April 1942 | Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio (now part of Wright-Patterson AFB, Fairborn, OH). |
|
Died |
Bremen, Germany | 20 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen in B-17 42-31233 20-Dec-43; A/C hit by Me110 launched rockets. Crashed near Bremen. KIA MACR 1707 |
|
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Molesworth | 20 December 1943 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
|
Buried |
Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot B Row 5 Grave 12 |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/682056193
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56301035/dick-l-libbee
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
Corrected a typo in the event descriptions - "Re-Interred" was misspelled.
https://www.fold3.com/image/28708108
https://www.fold3.com/record/84224700-dick-l-libbee
https://www.fold3.com/record/529876768-dick-l-libbee
https://www.fold3.com/image/138535746?rec=138535773
https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=96461
http://www.303rdbg.com/427leve.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56301035/dick-l-libbee
https://www.fold3.com/image/28708108
https://www.fold3.com/record/84224700-dick-l-libbee
https://www.fold3.com/record/529876768-dick-l-libbee
https://www.fold3.com/image/138535746?rec=138535773
https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=96461
http://www.303rdbg.com/427leve.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56301035/dick-l-libbee
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1707 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
