Name:
Lowell Arthur Doan
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-685783
Unit:
711th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1943-12-30
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Hardinsburg Cemetery, Hardinsburg, Washington County, Indiana, USA
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Bombadier of the B-17 “Maid to Please”. Took off from Rattlesden in the UK to bomb factories in Ludwigshafen. Shot down by German fighters over Coudray Farm (between Berville andHenonville, France) at 1309 on December 30, 1943. LT Doan was killed by flak as the plane was still flying. From Jeffersonville, Indiana. Married to Grace Doan.