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TSGT Robert Edwin LaMotte

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TSGT Robert Edwin LaMotte Veteran

Birth
USA
Death
13 Apr 1943 (aged 24)
Libya
Burial
Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Crew member of lost B-24 Bomber " Lady Be Good " . Only aircraft missing from bombing mission April 4, 1943 from Soluch, Libya. Aircraft located by an oil exploration crew from the air in 1959. Wreckage investigated and remains of 8 crew members recovered and identified by U.S. Military records 1960. 9th crew members remains were never found ( Vernon Moore ). Wreckage found 440 miles South of Soluch, Libiya which was being used as a military airfield April 4 1943. Aircraft was the only one which did not return from the mission.
Crew member of lost B-24 Bomber " Lady Be Good " . Only aircraft missing from bombing mission April 4, 1943 from Soluch, Libya. Aircraft located by an oil exploration crew from the air in 1959. Wreckage investigated and remains of 8 crew members recovered and identified by U.S. Military records 1960. 9th crew members remains were never found ( Vernon Moore ). Wreckage found 440 miles South of Soluch, Libiya which was being used as a military airfield April 4 1943. Aircraft was the only one which did not return from the mission.



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