Aime Lucien LaCourse

Military

Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew aboard B-24 42-52592 'High Hopes' and 42-52622 'Fluxuatin' Kate'. ETD

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), American Campaign, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-52592

42-52592

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: High Hopes
  • Unit: 839th Bomb Squadron 487th Bomb Group
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Fluxatin' Kate" of the 487th Bomb Group.

42-52622

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Fluxuatin' Kate
  • Unit: 839th Bomb Squadron 487th Bomb Group 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Boston, Massachusetts 29 November 1913 Born Boston, Massachusetts

Enlisted

Boston, Massachusetts 19 July 1941 Enlisted Boston, Massachusetts  

Other

Discharged

4 September 1945

Died

Tyngsboro, Massachusetts 8 August 2009 Died Tyngsboro, Massachusetts

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.b24bestweb.com/highhopes1.htm

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/94301358/aime-l-lacourse-social-security-d…

https://www.fold3.com/record/83362661/aime-l-la-course-wwii-army-enlist…

https://www.fold3.com/record/529215450/aime-lacourse-1913-veterans-affa…

https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/aime-lucien-lou-lacourse-24-…

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Sources

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