Ebbet Campbell Lynch
MilitaryAssigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed into hill near High Wycombe at night upon returning from mission over D-day beach head. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 654th Bomb Squadron 8th Reconnaissance Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18042680 / O-431203
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Los Angeles, CA | 30 May 1923 | Son of George Campbell and Josephine A Lynch. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 4 December 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
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Died |
Vicinity High Wycombe | 8 June 1944 | |
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Based |
Watton | 8 June 1944 | Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorWattonman
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Sources
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The 25th BG (Rcn) by Normsn Malaney, Combat Chronology; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 75, 175