Name:
Lyle A. Norquist
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
17067093
Unit:
510th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-05-27
State:
Iowa
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Plot:
D
Row:
19
Grave:
23
Decoration:
Air Medal w/OLC, Purple Heart
Comments:
Machine gunner of the B-17 “Queen of the Air” , serial number 42-31975, that took off from Station 110 Polebrook in Northamptonshire in the UK at 8am on 27 May 1944. Shot down by an ME 109 German fighter at 12:30. Norquist was killed along with 7 of his crewmembers. 2 successfully bailed out and survived.