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name
LIPOW, David Abraham - Date of
birth
11 April 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Maricopa, Pinal County, Arizona -
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-708506 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
342nd Bombardment Squadron,
97th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 July 1944 - Place of
death
Near Linz, Austria
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Nathan Lipow (father)
Katherine (Indembaum) Lipow (mother)
Marion Lipow (sister)
Beatrice Lipow (sister)
Rosalind Lipow (sister)
Joseph H. Lipow (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-6183 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Linz, Austria
Mission: Herman Goring Tank Works
MACR: 7125
More information
2nd Lt David A. Lipow attended the University of California for one year before he joined the Regular Army in Los Angeles, California on 24 August 1942.Sgt Walter P. Gambill:
"Just before bombs away, the pilot of our aircraft called out, 'B-17 hit by flak at one o’clock.' It was the lead ship of our formation of the 97th Bomb Group. I turned my turret to watch it fall, and at this time the aircraft was going straight down. It was heading to the rear of our formation at the same time. It almost straightened out when I saw five chutes come out, and they all opened, and then the aircraft blew up. That is the last of the aircraft in trouble I saw.
2nd Lt David A. Lipow was lying on the floor in Navigator’s compartment just before the explosion. His remains were never recovered.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Rosalind L. Freeman, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / Arizona Birth Records / Lipow Family Tree, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel, Arie-Jan van Hees, Navigator Class Book 44-2, San Marcos, Texas