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Capt Lytle W Shumake

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Capt Lytle W Shumake

Birth
Death
24 May 1944 (aged 26)
Melchow, Landkreis Barnim, Brandenburg, Germany
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 84 SITE 411-415
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Pilot of B-17G Flying Fortress #42-38082.
While on a mission to Berlin out of Kimbolton, England, collided with B-17 #42-37784 and crashed near Eberswalde, Germany, northeast of Berlin (possibly between Eberswalde and Melchow).

Missing Air Crew Report № 5321.

KIA were:

Capt. Lytle W Shumake, O-399422, Pilot, Flat River, MO
2nd Lt. George W Smith Jr, O-697231, Co-Pilot, Winfield, KS
2nd Lt. Regis J Savage, O-704066, Navigator, Ambridge, PA
2nd Lt. Lionel C Carrillo Jr, O-756954, Bombardier, San Francisco, CA
T/Sgt. Thomas C Meehan, 12026317, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, Hollis, NY
T/Sgt. Chester J Piatkowski, 33458917, Radio Operator, Forest City, PA
S/Sgt. Lyle R Edmondson, 17152796, Ball Turret Gunner, Washington, IA
S/Sgt. Jack R Lairmore, 18160669, Waist Gunner, Tulsa, OK
S/Sgt. Jack H Lambert, 6950514, Tail Gunner, Spearman, TX

The crew of B-17 42-37784 can be viewed here.

Crewmembers from two other B-17 flights that were lost on May 24, 1944 were interred in a common grave here on December 11, 1951:

B-17G 42-39828
B-17G 42-38010
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Husband of Marian N. Shumake, Flat River, Missouri.
Pilot of B-17G Flying Fortress #42-38082.
While on a mission to Berlin out of Kimbolton, England, collided with B-17 #42-37784 and crashed near Eberswalde, Germany, northeast of Berlin (possibly between Eberswalde and Melchow).

Missing Air Crew Report № 5321.

KIA were:

Capt. Lytle W Shumake, O-399422, Pilot, Flat River, MO
2nd Lt. George W Smith Jr, O-697231, Co-Pilot, Winfield, KS
2nd Lt. Regis J Savage, O-704066, Navigator, Ambridge, PA
2nd Lt. Lionel C Carrillo Jr, O-756954, Bombardier, San Francisco, CA
T/Sgt. Thomas C Meehan, 12026317, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, Hollis, NY
T/Sgt. Chester J Piatkowski, 33458917, Radio Operator, Forest City, PA
S/Sgt. Lyle R Edmondson, 17152796, Ball Turret Gunner, Washington, IA
S/Sgt. Jack R Lairmore, 18160669, Waist Gunner, Tulsa, OK
S/Sgt. Jack H Lambert, 6950514, Tail Gunner, Spearman, TX

The crew of B-17 42-37784 can be viewed here.

Crewmembers from two other B-17 flights that were lost on May 24, 1944 were interred in a common grave here on December 11, 1951:

B-17G 42-39828
B-17G 42-38010
~
Husband of Marian N. Shumake, Flat River, Missouri.

Inscription

CAPT, 525 AAF BOMB SQ, 379 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II



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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Aug 25, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41137480/lytle_w-shumake: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Lytle W Shumake (12 Jul 1917–24 May 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41137480, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).