Andrew Peter Joseph Lynch

Military
Staff-Sergeant Andrew J.P. Lynch, of the 303rd Bomb Group, fixes a wheel for a bomb trailer. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943. [stamp] and ‘245694.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'A small wheel for a truck that carries big bombs, and this is Staff Sergt. Andrew J.P. Lynch, of 137 - 33 Westgater Ave., Soringfield Gardens, N.Y. attending to it. Aged 29 Sergt. Lynch was formerly with the Federal Reserve Bank, 33 Liber media-378926.jpg FRE 1058 Staff-Sergeant Andrew J.P. Lynch, of the 303rd Bomb Group, fixes a wheel for a bomb trailer. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943. [stamp] and ‘245694.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'A small wheel for a truck that carries big bombs, and this is Staff Sergt. Andrew J.P. Lynch, of 137 - 33 Westgater Ave., Soringfield Gardens, N.Y. attending to it. Aged 29 Sergt. Lynch was formerly with the Federal Reserve Bank, 33 Liberty Westgate Ave., His parents, Mr. & Mrs. Lynch live at Westgate Ave., Springfield Gardens. Sergt. Lynch was educated at Bord Hall Academy. N.Y. His message home is "find Army Life O.K. and I'm getting on well with the people over here." ANY 47.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1058 - Staff-Sergeant Andrew J.P. Lynch, of the 303rd Bomb Group, fixes a wheel for a bomb trailer. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs...

Assigned to 303BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, NY 12 June 1913 Son of Andrew Lynch.

Enlisted

Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY 25 February 1942 Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York

Other

Discharged USAAF

30 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Avon By The Sea, NJ 6 March 1994

Buried

Monmouth Memorial Park Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, NJ 9 March 1994 Monmouth Memorial Park Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/697562671

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https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/272
https://www.fold3.com/record/13556720/andrew-p-lynch-social-security-de…
https://www.fold3.com/record/86085638/andrew-p-j-lynch-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.fold3.com/record/629010777/andrew-lynch-1913-veterans-affai…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35964302/andrew-p-lynch

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https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/272
https://www.fold3.com/record/86085638/andrew-p-j-lynch-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35964302/andrew-p-lynch

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-kl.html#K

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Staff-Sergeant Andrew J.P. Lynch, of the 303rd Bomb Group, fixes a wheel for a bomb trailer. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943. [stamp] and ‘245694.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'A small wheel for a truck that carries big bombs, and this is Staff Sergt. Andrew J.P. Lynch, of 137 - 33 Westgater Ave., Soringfield Gardens, N.Y. attending to it. Aged 29 Sergt. Lynch was formerly with the Federal Reserve Bank, 33 Liber

Object number: FRE 1058 - Staff-Sergeant Andrew J.P. Lynch, of the 303rd...