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LACKEY, David Ervin - Date of
birth
13 April 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County, Indiana -
Hometown
Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
15082537 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
714th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
22 December 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, west of Terschelling, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Leroy Lackey (father)
Gertrude (Brown) Lackey (mother)
Martha M. Lackey (sister)
Joseph G. Lackey (brother)
Donald M. Lackey (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-52105 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Osnabruck, Germany
MACR: 3313
More information
David Lackey graduated from Noblesville High School in 1938 where he played foorball and was employed in the McMahon Market.He enlisted in November 1941.
The aircraft was hit by German flak. When the plane left the formation, German fighters pounced and shot down the stricken plane.
None of the crew members survived the crash.
He had two brothers who were also in the service. Joseph Lackey had been in a hospital in Virginia for more than a year, and Donald Lackey received training in Syracuse, New York.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Noblisville Ledger
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Noblisville Ledger, www.ancestry.com - Noblesville High School Yearbook 1938