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Personal info

Full name
LILLIG, Thomas Jerome "Tom"
Date of birth
3 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-718360
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
360th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Bad Grund, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 17 21

Immediate family

Members
Mathias A. Lillig (father)
Johanna C. (Purcell) Lillig (mother)
Mathias A. Lillig (brother)
John A. Lillig (brother)
Ferdinand Lillig (brother)
George A. Lillig (brother)
Victor P. Lillig (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97329
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Flak Hak
Destination: Magdeburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 9411

More information

2nd Lt Thomas J. Lillig attended Austin High School in Chicago, Illinois.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Chicago, Illinois on 15 December 1942.

The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft andh the right wing on fire, the plane plunged to earth out of control near Bad Grund, Germany.

Only one crew member survived and was taken prisoner, eight were killed.

2nd Lt Lillig was initially buried at the cemetery of Bad Grund.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, 303bombgroup, www.ancestry.com - Birth Index / Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR

Photo source: Michel Beckers, www.fold3.com