Timeline
Birth- 17 Dec 1922
17 Dec 1922
Houston, Jackson Co., Indiana, USA
Birth- 17 Dec 1922
Birth
Houston, Jackson County, Indiana, United States of America
Birth- 17 Dec 1922
Houston, Jackson County, Indiana, United States of America
Death
9 May 2001
Death
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America
Military Service
Battle- 1943
Flying bombing missions over Nazi occupied Europe.
1939 - 1945World War II- Ages: 75 - 20 years
Served For
United States of America
Organization Code
ARMY
Organization
Army
Conflict Period
World War II
Branch
Army
Muster Date
30 Jun 1942
Theater
European Theatre. Flying sorties into Nazi occupied Europe from R.A.F. Sudbury, England.
Place
Edinburg, Johnson Co., Indiana, USA
Service Number
35092141
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Battalion
8th Air Force, 3rd Bombardment Division, 486th Bomb Group (H), 835th Bomb Squadron (H).
Served In
RAF Sudbury, Sudbury, Suffolk, England, with his B-24 (H) Liberator, and later B-17 (G) Flying Fortress crew. He was a gunner and flight engineer for the aircraft.
Enlistment- 18 Feb 1943-Age: 20 years
11 Feb 1943
Edinburg, Indiana, USA
Private
Battle- 30 May 1944-Age: 21 years
7 May 1944
1st Mission: Air Offensive, Europe (Mission #342B), target: marshall yard in Liege, Belgium..
11 May 1944
Mission '8th Air Force' (#004), target: marshall yard in Chaumont, France..
20 May 1944
Mission #359 (005), target: marshall yard in Liege, Belgium.
23 May 1944
Mission '8th Air Force' (006), target: air field in Etampes/Mondesir, France.
25 May 1944
Mission #370 (008), target: marshall yard in Montignies-sur-Sambre, France.
27 May 1944
Mission #373 (009), target: marshall yard in Woippy (Metz), France.
Mission #380 (012), target: air field in Handorf, Germany.
1944
Nazi occupied Europe.
Battle- 6 Jun 1944-Age: 21 years
Mission #394 (016), Tactical target in Thury Harcourt, France.
Temporary reassignment to the United States.- Age: 22 years
Air Transport Command
9 Sept 1944
Passenger List - Foreign
9 Sep 1944
La Guardia Field, New York City, New York, USA
9 Oct 1944
Stationed- Jan 1945-Ages: 22 - 21 years
May 1944
Royal Air Force station Sudbury (RAF Sudbury - station 174), Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
Technical Sergeant
486th Bombardment Group (H), 835th Bombardment Squadron (H)
23 Sept 1943
Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, USA
486th Bombardment Group, 835th Bombardment Squadron.
4 Jul 1944
RAF Sudbury, Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Technical Sergeant
Royal Air Force Base Sudbury, Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Technical Sergeant
486th Bombardment Group
11 Dec 1944
Keesler Army Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
Technical Sergeant
Discharge- 21 Oct 1945-Age: 23 years
Army Air Forces Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.
Technical Sergeant
Award- 21 Oct 1945-Ages: 23 - 20 years
Aerial Gunner Wings
26 May 1943
Army Gunnery School, Harlingen, Texas, USA
Promotion to Private First Class
10 Jun 1943
Keesler Field, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.
1st Oak Leaf Cluster w. Air Medal for 'Meritorious Achievement'
23 Oct 1944
RAF Sudbury, Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
2nd Oak Leaf Cluster
7 Aug 1944
RAF Sudbury, Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
Air Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Presidential Unit Citation; Three Oak Clusters; 4 Battle Stars; & 3 Theatre Ribbons (Air Offensive Europe, Normandy, Rhineland).
This is the final award tally for Marvin Lee Lutes, for his services rendered to the US Army Air Force, during WWII.
"Riding the Aluminum Overcast" B16G bomber.- Age: 75 years
Flying in a B17G
1998
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 17 years
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War II
Branch
Army Air Forces
U.S. Army Air Corps Documentary- Age: 17 years
Custom Date
1940
Custom Place
United States of America
Military Service- Ages: 22 - 17 years
Battle Date
1940
Battle Place
United States of America
Stationed- 16 Oct 1944-Age: 22 years
Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No. 2, Miami, Florida, USA
Technical Sergeant
Marriage- 11 Dec 1944-Age: 22 years
Biloxi, Harrison Co., Mississippi, USA
Josephine Lucy Baricev of Biloxi, Mississippi.
Military Service- Age: 22 years
Battle- 30 Mar 1945-Age: 22 years
8th Air Force Bombing Mission #918 Into Nazi Germany
Military Service- Age: 22 years
Battle- 30 Mar 1945-Age: 22 years
Mission #175, Bombing mission to Hamburg, Germany.
Death- 9 May 2001-Age: 78 years
Unknown
Bethany Village Health Care, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
Cancer of the lung, Chronic Obstruction, Pulmonary Disease, and Dementia
Death- 9 May 2001-Age: 78 years
Death
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America
Burial
Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana, United States of America
Other Facts
Social Security Number
***-**-1888
Gender
Male
Gender
Male
Place of Residence
Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, USA
Race or Ethnicity
White, German/British ancestry
Full Name
Marvin Lutes
Also Known As
Marvin Lee Lutes
Child
Daughters: Mrs. Sherri L. Ely and Mrs. Darlene Szachnitowski
Father
John Ralph Lutes
Mother
Verna Essa Jones Lutes
Sibling
Brothers, Lyman Curtis and Wendell Ralph Lutes, and sister, Marcy Lutes.
