David Lipten

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media-48141.jpeg UPL 48141 1st Lt David Lipten, 93BG.

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Object Number - UPL 48141 - 1st Lt David Lipten, 93BG.

Navigator 2ndLt. David Lipten - DFC - KIA over Ploesti, Romania. 1 Aug 1943

Squadron: 330th Bomb Squadron-93rd Bomb Group-8th Air Force-TDY 9th Air Force

Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.

Service Number : O-670144

Awards : Distinguished Flying Cross - Air Medal - Purple Heart

Pilot 1stLt. Worthy A. Long - DFC - Purple Heart - KIA



Missing Air Crew Report Details

USAAF MACR 355

Target: Concordia Vega - Target White 3 - Ploesti

Date Lost: 1 AUG 43

Serial Number: 42-40609 -

Aircraft Model B-24D

Aircraft Letter:

Aircraft Name: Jersey Bounce

Location: Aircraft, Jersey Bounce, crashed near Ploestiori Village, north of the Concordia Vega refineries. Crew of 10 : 6 KIA - 4 POW.



Lt. Lipten lost his life in Operation Tidal Wave, over the Ploesti oil refineries, one of the most dangerous and deadly bombing missions of WWll. Flying in at 29 feet, the 93rd Bomb Group, Ted's Traveling Circus, bombed the oil refineries north of Ploesti at Campina, Romania.



Lt. Lipten in Lt. Worthy Long's crew, were in the right wing position of the second element of C Force, briefed to attack White III. In approach to a target of opportunity, White IV, he saw some B-24s of the 376th Bomb Group crossing his course from the wrong direction in the distance, this caused concerns of a collision as three bomb groups passed through each other. After the bombs were dropped, the B-24D, Jersey Bounce, was hit by flak splinters in it's nose, which mortally wounded Navigator/Nose Gunner Lt. Lipten, and the bombardier. The ship was also attacked by a Rumanian fighter that completely took out the tail turret and killed tail gunner, Leycester. Nos 1 and 4 engines, and the bomb bay, were set on fire. Jersey Bounce, crash landed striking a dirt berm, causing the nose section containing Norm Adams to split off and separate from the plane. The pilots escaped the plane by going out the open nose section. The other waist gunner, TSgt J. Crumley was killed just before the plane hit the ground. Lt. Lipton was hit in the chest by a splinter while they were still in the air. He was trying to get up onto the flight deck when the plane crashed. The pilots and crew were badly burned and were taken to the hospital for treatment, later all of them to become POWs. 1 Aug 1943. MACR 355.

Crew on the last mission of he B-24D, Jersey Bounce :



1st Lt. Worthy A. Long - command pilot (POW)

2nd Lt. John O. Lockhart - copilot (POW)

2nd Lt. David Lipten - navigator (KIA)

2nd Lt. Norman C. Adams - bombardier (KIA)

TSgt. Maurice J. Peterson - engineer/top turret gunner (KIA)

TSgt. Frederick E. Fagan,Jr. - radio operator (KIA)

SSgt. Jim M. Crumley - gunner (KIA)

SSgt. Marion J. Szaras - gunner (KIA)

SSgt. Leycaster D. Havens - gunner (KIA)

SSgt. Ignatius J. Diecidue - gunner (POW)



1st Lt. David Lipten was assigned to the 330th Bomb Squadron, the 93rd Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force, USAAF, as a B-24 navigator, on the B-24D, Jersey Bounce, TDY to the 9th Air Force, USAAF. Lt. Lipten was Killed In Action, KIA, hit in his chest by a flak splinter on the Ploesti bombing mission. 1 Aug 43. 6 KIA - 4 POW. MACR 335



Awards: DFC, AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jersey Bounce
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron 8th Air Force Finance

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Bronx, New York 17 June 1916 Son of Herman and Fannie Lipten.

Enlisted

New York City, NY 10 October 1940 New York City, New York

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Commissioned

3 February 1941 Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

Died

Killed in action

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Killed in Action (KIA) on the Ploesti mission in the B-24D, 42-40609, Jersey Bounce. 1 Aug 43. KIA. MACR 335

Based

1 August 1943 Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neupre, Belgium Plot C Row 11 Grave 49

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Find-A-Grave Memorial - 1st Lt. David Lipten

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Wording. Removed punctuation from aircraft names for clarity and uniformity. - Kickapoo

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Best Web - B-24 - 42-40609 - Jersey Bounce

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AAM Database.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 335

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