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LOTT, Edgar Gail - Date of
birth
30 April 1917 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Mississippi -
Hometown
Hinds County, Mississippi
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
14080518 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Right Waist Gunner -
Unit
364th Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
19 August 1943 - Place of
death
Westerschelde, off Vlissingen, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
L.R. Lott (father)
Louis E. Lott (brother)
Nell (Golden) Lott (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-29807 -
Data
Type: B17F
Nickname: Lady Liberty
Destination: Vlissingen, The Netherlands
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 304
More information
S/Sgt Lott attended high school for four tears and was a clerk, employed by the Russell Company in Jackson.He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 29 April 1942 and received his airplane mechanics training at Keesler Field, specialist training at Boeiing Aircraft factories in Seattle, Washington, gunnery schooling at Las Vegas, Nevada and aerial combat training at Boise, Idaho and Casper, Wyoming. He arrived in England in early May 1943.
The 'Lady Liberty' s/n 42-29807 was originally assigned to the 334th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomber Group, Heavy and named 'Patsy Ann III'.
The airplane was hit by flak that caused to break the fuselage in two just behind the radio room.
Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, eight were killed.
It is supposed that S/Sgt Lott was killed instantly by the flak burst.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com, www.myheritage.nl - Biloxi Daily Herald
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Gerrie Franken - SOHE, www.myheritage.nl - Biloxi Daily