Name:
David Lachterman
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-801022
Unit:
337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-09-15
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, New York
Plot:
54-10-H/I-8-5
Row:
Grave:
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Comments:
Navigator of the B-17 Fflying Fortress "Pat Hand". Took off from Snetterton Heath airfield in the UK on September 15 1943. Shot down by German flak at 17:50. Aircraft was partially evacuated and exploded on contact with the ground. Killed in crash.