Lee Bernard Lithander
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 29378 - 2LT Lee B. Lithander
Assigned to 847BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Lost control due to propwash from lead aircraft and pancaked onto B-24 42-94903 'Bombers Moon', both A/C fell out of the sky. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9636.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33638093
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36656922
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron 847th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19129560 / O-709220
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pregnant Peggy
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Gainsburg, Illinois | 10 September 1923 | Son of Carl F and Hellfrid Augusta [Lamberg] Lithander. |
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Enlisted |
Peoria, IL, USA | 4 August 1942 | Peoria, Illinois |
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Died |
Edenkoben, Germany | 19 October 1944 | His unit was the 489th Bomb Group, 844th Bomb Squadron. He was the Pilot of B-24 tail 42-94913, nicknamed “Pregnant Peggy,” when it was caught in the prop wash of another bomber and downed over Edenkoben, Germany, on October 19, 1944. |
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France. Plot A Row 22 Grave 33 | |
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Based |
Halesworth | 19 October 1944 | Assigned to 847BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/image/38219086
http://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=36559
http://www.militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=111368
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56657674
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9636
