Rexford Willis Lippert

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 57174 - Rexford W Lippert

Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. 6 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven in B-24 41-23804 'Sad Sack' 26-Feb-43; A/C shot down by fighters, Lippert was hit in head by 20mm shell in the attack. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 16053

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260) nicknamed "Lili Marlene" of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group flies in formation with two comrades. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 H & B-24 J OF 44th B.G. 66th Sqdn'

66th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Kenneth Ranson Morse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17066897
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

41-23804

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sad Sack
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Custer, MI 27 September 1941 Fort Custer, Michigan

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Oldenburg, Germany 26 February 1943 Killed when aircraft was attacked by fighters.

Born

Grand Rapids, Michigan Son of William and Emma Lippert.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot B, Row 17, Grave 15.

Based

Shipdham 26 February 1943 Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date9 May 2022 19:15:21
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, biography, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

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https://www.fold3.com/image/137298527
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84359697/rexford-w-lippert-wwii-army-enlis…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56359448/rexford-w-lippert

Date22 Jun 2015 19:23:08
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Lee Cunningham 22-Jun-2015. Correcting typo in Description.

Date22 Jun 2015 19:10:33
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to service number, biography, awards, events, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

Lee Cunningham 22-Jun-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) reocrds. Added Model letter, aircraft Unit association crew position and loss details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE Added KIA event per MACR 16053.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:19
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 16053, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 81, The 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy pp. p. 54-56,

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