Lohmeyer, Marvin Edward (USAF)

Date of birth:: March 14th, 1917 (Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas)
Date of death:: June 21st, 1944 (over Germany)
Buried on:: Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot: B. Row: 37. Grave: 7.
Service number:: O-753292
Nationality:: American

Biography

21.06.1944: 2nd Lieutenant, pilot, 549th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group Heavy, B-17 #4238135 nicknamed "Dear Mom." damaged by fighters and landed in Sweden, KIA together with Radio Operator John Spencer, and Waist gunner Marion Tuckett

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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: 2nd Lieutenant
Unit:: Pilot, B-17 Heavy Bomber, 549th Bombardment Squadron, 385th Bombardment Group (H), 8th Air Force
Awarded on:: 1945

Second Lieutenant (Air Corps) Marvin E. Lohmeyer (ASN: 0-753292), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a B-17 Heavy Bomber in the 549th Bombardment Squadron, 385th Bombardment Group (H), EIGHTH Air Force, while participating in a bombing mission on 21 June 1944, against enemy targets in the European Theater of Operations. The personal courage and zealous devotion to duty displayed by Second Lieutenant Lohmeyer on this occasion have upheld the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 8th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.

Headquarters, U.S. Strategic Forces in Europe, General Orders No. 9 (1945)