Loring Warren Ernest "Bud"

Name:

Warren Ernest "Bud" Loring

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-760199

Unit:

343rd Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

2013-04-01

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Plot:

Section 12

Row:

Grave:

Site 876

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Warren Ernest "Bud" Loring was born on July 19, 1923. He was married to Helen Elaine Loring.

Warren served in the 343rd Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, as a Second Lieutenant and Pilot on the P-38 #42-67876 during World War II.

On June 30, 1944, at 07:00 PM, 2Lt Loring took off from Station 159 airfield in Wormingford, England, on a mission to attack the railways in Nevers, France. Shot down by flak at 08:55 PM, he evacuated his airplane, which caught fire and crashed in the commune of La Chapelle-d'Angillon, France. 2Lt Loring was able to survive and escape enemy capture with the help of the maquis. He was one of the 152 allied airmen and soldiers who were helped and hidden in the Freteval Forest camp by the French Resistance.

2Lt Loring also served in the Korean and Vietnam wars and achieved his highest rank in the United States Air Force as Lieutenant Colonel. He died on April 1, 2013, at the age of 89, and is now buried in the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA.

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