322 Bombardment Group / 450 Bombardment Squadron
2nd Lieutenant Clyde E. LOOMIS Jr
From Omaha, Nebraska
Killed in action 8th July 1944 as bombardier of B-26B / #42-95970 / ER-'B'.
Target: Chateau De Ribeaucourt, France. Shot down by German night fighters. Crashed at Talmas, 11 miles north of Amiens, France.
3 KIA/3 POW. MACR 6625.
2Lt Loomis is commemorated on the Ardennes Cemetery Tablets of the Missing.
99 Bombardment Group / 346 Bombardment Squadron
1st Lieutenant Joseph P. LAWINSKI
From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed in Action 12th April 1944 as bombardier of B-17G / #42-38210.
Target: the Fishamend Mark aircraft factory, near Vienna, Austria.
Flak hit the #3 main fuel tank and flames quickly enveloped the aircraft which exploded in mid-air. Crashed 3 kilometers south-east of Zwölfaxing airfield.
6 KIA / 4 POW. MACR 3955.
1Lt Lawinski is buried at Lorraine Cemetery D-13-25. Also see https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-lorraine-l/77757-lawinski-joseph-p-lor-d-13-35
