Lee Dotson

Military

22 December 1943 in B-24 #42-7555 ÒLizzyÓ crashed at Kent . Lost an engine on target to Osnabruck, Continued to target and was attacked by fighters on return. Navigator Arthur Barks was fatally wounded, but managed to give Pilot Jorgenson the correct heading before collapsing. Another engine failed and the crew attempted to land at RAF Ludham. 1 Killed in Action (KIA), 9 RTD

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-7555

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lizzie
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

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Sources

Birsic & page 251 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION, D790.A2S45, 1998 edition, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  I, p. 437, History of the 445th Bomb Group by Rudolph Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia