Bert Everett Lickliter

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. 4 x combat missions (Aachen, Hamm, Hamm, Merseburg). Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 43-38211; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 He was nearly left behind, due to sickness, but he didnt want to miss the mission, unable to escape A/C after it was hit. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10831



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-771648
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Gail Lynn
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 30 November 1944
  • Date: 29 November 1944
  • Date: 26 November 1944
  • Date: 16 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pawnee, OK 16 November 1925 Son of William Nathaniel and Mary Elizabeth [Davidson] Lickliter.

Enlisted

Oklahoma City, OK 20 December 1943

Died

Flur Oberkotzau, Germany 30 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 43-38211; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 KIA. MACR 10831

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Thorpe Abbotts 30 November 1944 Assigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot C Row 11 Grave 47
Oklahoma City, OK

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10831 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database