John Keith LUNDBERG

Jack

 

lundberg john k

Source : Time To Go Home

NUMBER OF SERVICEO-676081
AGE25 yo
DATE OF BIRTH3 December 1918 Val Verda, Davis County 
ENLISTMENT STATEUTAH
FAMILY

Spouse : Mary Catherine 

Parents : Frederick Lorraine & Grace Winifred O'Malley LUNDBERG

Siblings : Charles, Virginia, Grace Ellen & Robert

Half Siblings : Meredith, Fred Carl, Kenneth Francis , Herbert Gus, Frank Walter & Richard Allan 

RANKSecond Lieutenant
FONCTIONNavigator
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
 SQUADRON534th Bomber Squadron 
 GROUP 381st Bomber Group, Heavy 
ARMY8th  US Air Force 
DATE OF DEATH22 June 1944

lundberg john k

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STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHEpagne-Epagnette - Abbeville  
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type G-40-BO - s/n 42-97084 GD*H

"Spare Charlie"

b 17

Macr :  5918

Mission : Tingry (62) - Abbeville

Takeoff station 167 Ridgewell, Essex
Shots by  flak - Wing on fire and 2 HS engines-

Plane evacuated by MitD only at 7:08 p.m. just before the explosion and the crash - Plane 100% destroyed

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  Mareuil-Caubert -

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  St André  N°3572

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
B1017
DECORATION

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

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STORY

Remembering 2nd Lt John K. "Jack" Lundberg (Val Verda, Utah), an American hero who served, as a navigator, with the 534th Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group. Shortly after arriving in England, Jack realized that many airmen wouldn't survive the war, so on May 19, 1944, he wrote a letter addressed to his parents, in the event of his death.

This letter said: "Dear Mom, Pop and family, Now that I am actually here, I see that the chances of my returning to all of you are quite slim. [...] I want you to know how much I love each of you. You mean everything to me and it is the realization of your love that gives me the courage to continue. [...] I have requested that this letter be forwarded only in the event I do not return. [...] I am sorry to add to your grief, but at all times realize that my thoughts are of you constantly, and that I feel that in some small way I am helping to bring this wasteful war to a conclusion. We of the United States have something to fight for, never more fully have I realized that. The USA is worth a sacrifice!".

The following month, on June 22, 1944, Jack was on a bombing mission over Abbeville, France, when his B-17 got hit by German anti-aircraft fire.

Seriously damaged, the bomber crashed killing Jack instantly. He was only 25 years old.

A few weeks later, Jack's parents received his letter. This American hero is now resting in peace at the Normandy American Cemetery.

By : Time To Go Home

SOURCE INFORMATION Complete history of the B 17Somme-aviation-39-45.fr

 

Crew of  B-17 Fortress - type G-40-BO - s/n 42-97084 GD*H

"Spare Charlie"

 

1st Lieutenant Samuel L "Sam" PEAK Pilot Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-398074 - AM+3/PH - born in 1917 - Fils de Samuel Lee et Elizabeth Ann (Burns) Peak - Leesville, Louisiana
1st Lieutenant Robert F "Bob" PETROSKI CoPilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-801198 - AM+1/PH - Wayne, Michigan
2nd Lieutenant John K LUNDBERG Navigator Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-676081 - AM+1 - Salt Lak City, Utah
2nd Lieutenant Allen OSTERBERG Bomber Dead Gardens of Rest, Escabana O-741356 - 26 yo- born the  25/10/1917 - Escanaba, Michigan - Inhumé USA en 1949
S/Sergeant Murl F SIMMONS Mechanic/Gunner Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 32663831 - AM+2/PH - Gouverneur, New York
S/Sergeant Frank A Jr WELKE Radio/Gunner Dead Greenfield Cem. - Uniondale, New York 32800468 - 20 yo - Hempstead, New York - Inhumé USA en 1949
S/Sergeant   SCHARFF Gunner Dead Woodlawn Cem. - Bronx, New York 12148493 - 22 yo- Né le 10/12/1921 - Bronx, New York
S/Sergeant Richard D OBERLIN Gunner Prisoner - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow  35547736 - West Unity, Ohio 
S/Sergeant Max L ROCKEY Gunner Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 36417125 - AM+2/PH - Springport, Michigan

 equipage b17 spare charlie

Crouching, left to right : Pilot Samuel L Peak 1st Lieutenant, Co pilot Victor R. Romasco 2nd Lieutenant , Navigator Thomas J Tracy 2nd Lieutenant, Bomber Allen Hilding Osterberg 2nd Lieutenant
Standing behind left to right : Gunner Francis Simmons Staff Sergent, Gunner Sergent Dick "Delno" Richard Oberlin Staff Sergent, Opérateur radio Frank Albert WelkeJr Staff Sergent, Assistant radio et Gunner Robert F. Scharff Staff Sergent , Armurier et Gunner Redin R Kilpatrick Staff Sergent, Gunner Max L Rockey. Staff Sergent

Source : Yann Defacque

 

equipage b17 spare charlie

Source : Americanairmuseum.com

 

equipage b17 spare charlie

Source : Americanairmuseum.com


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