John Pettus Lipscomb Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 453BS, 323BG, 9AF USAAF. B-26 41-34706 shot down by flak and crashed near Vraignes. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 213



Awards: SS, PH

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Units served with

Private First Class Barbara O'Brien of the Womens Army Corps, paints the nose of a B-26 Marauder (YU-Y. serial number 41-34982) nicknamed "Jolly Roger" of the 323rd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publcation 4 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '295589.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'W.A.C.S. on duty at a Bomber Station. Associated Press Photo shows:- Pfc: Barbara O'Brien painting the Jolly Roger on the nose of a Marauder with the crew looking on.'

323rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

James Pamplin Berry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12038354
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Roland E Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39250858
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William F Crowe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17033526
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Gunner

George Phil Edwards

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-791803
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Joseph M Hager

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Aircraft

41-34706

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Miss Fortune
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Jackson, MS 13 June 1919 Son of John Pettus and Viola Henderson [Clifford] Lipscomb.

Enlisted

Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH 11 July 1941 Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio

Died

31 July 1943

Buried

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 12 Grave 7

Based

Earls Colne 31 July 1943 Assigned to 453BS, 323BG, 9AF USAAF.

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Combat Chronology, WWII Memorial, Losses of 8th Air Force p. 214 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia