Lynch Howard B.

Name:

Howard B. Lynch

Rank:

Captain

Serial Number:

O-801564

Unit:

312th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group

Date of Death:

1944-07-06

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

D

Row:

4

Grave:

94

Decoration:

Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Comments:

Howard B. Lynch entered the military service in Pennsylvania. He served in the 312th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group as a Captain and Pilot on the B-24 #42-50762 "Flassie" aircraft during World War II. On July 6, 1944, their plane was being ferried to the mainland from Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland, and was flying south-east when it struck North Barrule while in the cloud. The aircraft crashed on an undulating slope and burned out. CPT Lynch was killed in the crash. He was buried first in the Lisnabreeny Former American Military Cemetery in England. The cemetery closed in 1948 and his remains were exhumed and transferred. He is buried now in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

B-24 #42-50762 "Flassie" crew:
Ronald B Dorrington - Pilot
Howard B Lynch - Pilot
Rex J Measom (unknown role)
Wilbur L Murray (unknown role)
James F Syron, Jr. - Radio Operator

Source of information:
From the book: Aircraft Wrecks: The Walker’s Guide: Historic Crash sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles
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