Harvey Biggs Lyons

Military

Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Luther Bird crew. Missed their 23rd and last mission in B-24 'Jack Frost' as ball turret was deleted to reduce A/C weight. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

People

Luther Smith Bird

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14062779 / O-668185
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Roy Grady Martin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-23722

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Bomerang
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

42-63982

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jack Frost
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Delight, AR 9 January 1918 Son of Bertha Alice [Trout] Lyons.

Enlisted

Jackson, MS 2 July 1941 Jackson, Mississippi.

Other

Discharged USAAF

13 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Enlisted

18 January 1961 Re-Enlisted USAF.

Other

Discharged USAF

31 January 1964 Honourable discharge.

Died

Minden, LA 29 March 1982

Buried

Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Minden, LA Gardens of Memory Cemetery Minden, Webster Parish, LA

Based

Hardwick Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.

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