Lance Albin Pousette

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-44425.png UPL 44425 Stele in Cousolre, France to the memory of three USAAF fighter pilots killed in action on 7 January 1944.
Translation : “To the memory of American Major Donald YOUNGLAS airman fallen here on 7 Jan 1944 in fighting for our liberty and of his comrades Lance P. POUSETTE and Corlys BEDFORD Air Force Lieutenants killed in the vicinity during the same combat.” NOTE : Lt Pousette's middle name is Albin... (Photo via French researcher Bernard Feutry)

Photo via French researcher Bernard Feutry

Object Number - UPL 44425 - Stele in Cousolre, France to the memory of three USAAF fighter pilots killed in action on 7 January 1944. Translation : “To the memory of American...

Lance Pousette was Pilot of P-47D #42-74678 shot down by Flak and fighters on return from the 7 January 1944 escort mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2004.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-74678

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 358th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Leiston

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cooperstown, North Dakota 1 March 1920

Enlisted

21 January 1942 New York City, New York

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

Cousolre, 13km SE of Maubeuge, France 7 January 1944 in the crash of P-47#42-74678

Buried

9 January 1944 at the Cimetière du Centre, Maubeuge, France
Stanfordville, Dutchess County, New York

Buried

after the war, his remains were brought back to the USA. Lance Pousette rests at the Union Cemetery in Hannaford, South Dakota

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MACR 2004
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
Headstone Applications

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2004 / MACR 2004, 8th AF Losses, WWII Memorial / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 44425 - Stele in Cousolre, France to the memory of three...