Enlisted in the Air Corps on July 11, 1941 at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. Accepted as an Aviation Cadet. Enlistment papers indicate he was single, had four years of college, and was an actor. Height - 66, weight 147. Lived in Cabell County, West Virginia.
*****SYNOPSIS: John P. Lipscomb, United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with the NINTH Air Force in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
General Orders: Headquarters, 9th Air Force, General Orders No. 1 (1944)
41-34706 (MACR #216), pilot Captain John P. Lipscomb, was hit by flak on bomb run, direct hits in bomb bay and wing. Target was Poix A/D in France. The a/c was thrown into a flat spin. The Bombardier, 1st Lt. Roger Norwood, managed to release the bombs, although seriously wounded. Before the aircraft crashed, some parachutes were seen from other a/c in the formation. Eyewitness S/Sgt Eugene C. Hunter tells: " Flight leader of the second squadron got hit in the right wing. The a/c caught on fire, dove down and then climbed straight up. Two gunners jumped out and opened their chutes. One gunner fell out of his harness and
tumbled to the ground. One man jumped out of the bomb bay but his chute came open in the bomb bay and you could see him hanging there. He opened his chute...and caught fire. Last seen, the plane was diving into the ground."
*****SYNOPSIS: John P. Lipscomb, United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with the NINTH Air Force in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
General Orders: Headquarters, 9th Air Force, General Orders No. 1 (1944)
41-34706 (MACR #216), pilot Captain John P. Lipscomb, was hit by flak on bomb run, direct hits in bomb bay and wing. Target was Poix A/D in France. The a/c was thrown into a flat spin. The Bombardier, 1st Lt. Roger Norwood, managed to release the bombs, although seriously wounded. Before the aircraft crashed, some parachutes were seen from other a/c in the formation. Eyewitness S/Sgt Eugene C. Hunter tells: " Flight leader of the second squadron got hit in the right wing. The a/c caught on fire, dove down and then climbed straight up. Two gunners jumped out and opened their chutes. One gunner fell out of his harness and
tumbled to the ground. One man jumped out of the bomb bay but his chute came open in the bomb bay and you could see him hanging there. He opened his chute...and caught fire. Last seen, the plane was diving into the ground."
Enlisted in the Air Corps on July 11, 1941 at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. Accepted as an Aviation Cadet. Enlistment papers indicate he was single, had four years of college, and was an actor. Height - 66, weight 147. Lived in Cabell County, West Virginia.
*****SYNOPSIS: John P. Lipscomb, United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with the NINTH Air Force in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
General Orders: Headquarters, 9th Air Force, General Orders No. 1 (1944)
41-34706 (MACR #216), pilot Captain John P. Lipscomb, was hit by flak on bomb run, direct hits in bomb bay and wing. Target was Poix A/D in France. The a/c was thrown into a flat spin. The Bombardier, 1st Lt. Roger Norwood, managed to release the bombs, although seriously wounded. Before the aircraft crashed, some parachutes were seen from other a/c in the formation. Eyewitness S/Sgt Eugene C. Hunter tells: " Flight leader of the second squadron got hit in the right wing. The a/c caught on fire, dove down and then climbed straight up. Two gunners jumped out and opened their chutes. One gunner fell out of his harness and
tumbled to the ground. One man jumped out of the bomb bay but his chute came open in the bomb bay and you could see him hanging there. He opened his chute...and caught fire. Last seen, the plane was diving into the ground."
*****SYNOPSIS: John P. Lipscomb, United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with the NINTH Air Force in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
General Orders: Headquarters, 9th Air Force, General Orders No. 1 (1944)
41-34706 (MACR #216), pilot Captain John P. Lipscomb, was hit by flak on bomb run, direct hits in bomb bay and wing. Target was Poix A/D in France. The a/c was thrown into a flat spin. The Bombardier, 1st Lt. Roger Norwood, managed to release the bombs, although seriously wounded. Before the aircraft crashed, some parachutes were seen from other a/c in the formation. Eyewitness S/Sgt Eugene C. Hunter tells: " Flight leader of the second squadron got hit in the right wing. The a/c caught on fire, dove down and then climbed straight up. Two gunners jumped out and opened their chutes. One gunner fell out of his harness and
tumbled to the ground. One man jumped out of the bomb bay but his chute came open in the bomb bay and you could see him hanging there. He opened his chute...and caught fire. Last seen, the plane was diving into the ground."
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Entered the service from West Virginia.
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