Ralph Lipper

Military

served in different sections on Hdqs Staff. . Also served TDY to the 389th BG to help them organize







He was with the 44th BG, 67th BS as Assistant Engineering Officer and later with the 44th BG HQ as Group Engineering Officer. He completed the war with the rank of Major and stayed on with the USAF Reserves (442nd TCW) while a professor in Engineering at Kansas State University. He retired from the U. S. Air Force with the rank of Colonel. Ralph Lipper passed away on Dec. 31, 1989.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Died

31 December 1989

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Sources

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