Lucien Owens Gastineau Jr

Military
media-47804.jpeg UPL 47804 2nd Lt Lucien O Gastineau Jr, 379BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 47804 - 2nd Lt Lucien O Gastineau Jr, 379BG

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 17 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-37784 24-May-44; enemy aircraft attack caused collision with 42-38082, crashed Melchow, Ger. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5322



Wore RAF/RCAF wings, so qualified with them and transferred to USAAF.



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Wilton Everett Gease

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19084606 / O-691253
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses nicknamed "London Avenger", nicknamed "Bermondsley Battler", nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge" and nicknamed "Bermondsley" of the 379th Bomb Group, 15 February 1944. Passed for publication 16 Feb 1944. Censor no: 305411. Handwritten caption on reverse: '16/2/44.' Printed caption on reverse: ' CHRISTENS U.S. FORTRESS BOMBER. Feb. 16th, 1944. As an appreciation of £800,000 raised during Bermondsey's Wings for Victory Week., the people of Bermondsey christened a U.S. Fortress bomber "

42-31228

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: London Avenger
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

42-37784

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Old Fox
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Charleston, West Virginia 11 January 1920 Son of Lucien Owens Snr and Pauline S Gastineau

Enlisted

Fort Thomas, Newport, KY 23 March 1943 Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky

Died

Melchow, Germany 24 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-37784 24-May-44; enemy aircraft attack caused collision with 42-38082, crashed Melchow, Ger. KIA MACR 5322

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, MO Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO

Based

Kimbolton 24 May 1944 Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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https://www.fold3.com/record/89089174-lucien-o-gastineau
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379th Bombardment Group Anthology, Volume 2: November 1942-July 1945
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41136665/lucien-o-gastineau

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5322

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Object number: UPL 47804 - 2nd Lt Lucien O Gastineau Jr, 379BG