Name: Lenton F Kirkland Jr.
First Name(s): Lenton F
Last Name: Kirkland Jr.
Place of birth: Georgia, Coffee Cnty,
Rank: 1 Lt Pilot
ASN: O-755964
Company: 429th F Sqdrn
Unit: 474th Fighter Grp 9th USAAF
Reported as: KIA
Date of incident: 24-12-1944
Place of incident: Villers-sur-Lesse area
note: Aircraft Lockheed LIGHTNING type P-38L-1-LO #44-24625, was flying on the deck trying to identify vehicles when it was shot down by German Flak 24 miles Southwest of Liege and crashed near the vicinity of Villers-sur-Lesse, Belgium.
Destination: L-1625
Mission: Dive Bombing & Strafe
MACR 11409
Unit history of 474th Fighter Group
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