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NIXON, Lloyd Arnold - Date of
birth
21 August 1919 -
Age
25 -
Place of birth
West Union, Adams County, Ohio -
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-753716 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
422nd Night Fighter Squadron
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 December 1944 - Place of
death
Buschdorf, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| P | 9 | 13 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Clem C. Nixon (father)
Susie (Schumacher) Nixon (mother)
Robert K. Nixon (brother)
Arnold Nixon (brother)
Mary R. Nixon (sister)
Richard Nixon (brother)
Patricia Wilson (fiancée)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-5589 -
Data
Type: P-61A
Destination: Düren to Prüm, Germany
Mission: Defensive Patrol
MACR: 10824
More information
Lloyd A. Nixon graduated from Shaw High School in 1937, where he played in the school band. He attended Fenn College and was employed at the Ohio Bell Telephone Company.He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 23 March 1942.
During the first hour of the patrol, there was no activity, and the pilot then asked the controller over the radio if he wanted him to go down to look for some ground targets. The controller informed him that it was up to him. After ten minutes of radio silence, the controller tried to contact the pilot, but there was no response.
According to German records, the airplane flew into a cement mast during a strafing assault on a train.
Both crew members were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Buschdorf, Germany, on 4 December 1944.
2nd Lt Lloyd A. Nixon is remembered at the West Union Cemetery in West Union, Adams County, Ohio.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Rae Davis Vogler, Shaw High School yearbook - 1937, The Plain Dealer - 6 March 1945