Timeline
Birth- Dec 17, 1922
Dec 17, 1922
Houston, Jackson Co., Indiana, USA
Birth- Dec 17, 1922
Birth
Houston, Jackson County, Indiana, United States of America
Birth- Dec 17, 1922
Houston, Jackson County, Indiana, United States of America
Death
May 9, 2001
Death
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America
Military Service
Battle-
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
Jun 30, 1942
Service Number
35092141
Rank
Technical Sergeant
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- Feb 18, 1943-Age: 20 years
Feb 11, 1943
Edinburg, Indiana, USA
Private
Battle- May 30, 1944-Age: 21 years
May 7, 1944
1st Mission: Air Offensive, Europe (Mission #342B), target: marshall yard in Liege, Belgium..
May 11, 1944
Mission '8th Air Force' (#004), target: marshall yard in Chaumont, France..
May 20, 1944
Mission #359 (005), target: marshall yard in Liege, Belgium.
May 23, 1944
Mission '8th Air Force' (006), target: air field in Etampes/Mondesir, France.
May 25, 1944
Mission #370 (008), target: marshall yard in Montignies-sur-Sambre, France.
May 27, 1944
Mission #373 (009), target: marshall yard in Woippy (Metz), France.
Mission #380 (012), target: air field in Handorf, Germany.
Jan 1, 1944
Nazi occupied Europe.
Battle- Jun 6, 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
Sep 9, 1944
Passenger List - Foreign
9 Sep 1944
La Guardia Field, New York City, New York, USA
9 Oct 1944
Stationed- Jan 1, 1945-Ages: 22 - 21 years
May 1, 1944
Royal Air Force station Sudbury (RAF Sudbury - station 174), Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
Technical Sergeant
486th Bombardment Group (H), 835th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Sep 23, 1943
Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, USA
486th Bombardment Group, 835th Bombardment Squadron.
Jul 4, 1944
RAF Sudbury, Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Technical Sergeant
Royal Air Force Base Sudbury, Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Technical Sergeant
486th Bombardment Group
Dec 11, 1944
Keesler Army Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
Technical Sergeant
Discharge- Oct 21, 1945-Age: 23 years
Army Air Forces Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.
Technical Sergeant
Award- Oct 21, 1945-Ages: 23 - 20 years
Aerial Gunner Wings
May 26, 1943
Army Gunnery School, Harlingen, Texas, USA
Promotion to Private First Class
Jun 10, 1943
Keesler Field, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.
1st Oak Leaf Cluster w. Air Medal for 'Meritorious Achievement'
Oct 23, 1944
RAF Sudbury, Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
2nd Oak Leaf Cluster
Aug 7, 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
Jan 1, 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
Jan 1, 1940
Custom Place
United States of America
Military Service- Ages: 22 - 17 years
Battle Date
Jan 1, 1940
Battle Place
United States of America
Stationed- Oct 16, 1944-Age: 22 years
Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No. 2, Miami, Florida, USA
Technical Sergeant
Marriage- Dec 11, 1944-Age: 22 years
Biloxi, Harrison Co., Mississippi, USA
Josephine Lucy Baricev of Biloxi, Mississippi.
Military Service- Age: 22 years
Battle- Mar 30, 1945-Age: 22 years
8th Air Force Bombing Mission #918 Into Nazi Germany
Military Service- Age: 22 years
Battle- Mar 30, 1945-Age: 22 years
Mission #175, Bombing mission to Hamburg, Germany.
Death- May 9, 2001-Age: 78 years
Unknown
Bethany Village Health Care, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
Cancer of the lung, Chronic Obstruction, Pulmonary Disease, and Dementia
Death- May 9, 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.
