Lovick Edward Cannon
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Sugar Baby
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Pink Lady
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dawson, Georgia | 7 March 1922 | |
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Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
St. Hilaire, France | 16 July 1944 | |
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Other Crash Landed |
B-87 Rosieres, France | 14 January 1945 | Nose gear was not down and locked although the landing gear indicator light showed it was, thus the nose gear collapsed upon landing. |
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Other Crash Landed |
8 miles SW of Sittard, Netherlands | 9 February 1945 | he plane piloted by L.E. Cannon, with S/Sgt J.W. Robinson as gunner, also crash-landed. They were forced down in a field just inside the bomb line. None of the crews were injured. |
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Died |
Albany, Georgia | 7 March 1985 | |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Albany, Georgia | 10 March 1985 | Crown Hill Cemetery Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, USA |
| Albany, Georgia | 611 3rd Avenue | ||
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Other Final 416th BG Combat Mission |
Stod, Czech Republic | Flew 65 combat missions |