Lupe H. Lara.
Engineer / Top Turret · 409th Squadron · Of CA.
The Man Behind the Name
T/Sgt Lupe H. Lara served as engineer aboard B-24J 42-109618 on the mission of 4 November 1944. He was reported MIA and annotated K/A on the MACR cover sheet.
His body was recovered from the Jadebusen on 12 November 1944. His identification tag (serial 19176766, T43-44, O P) was transmitted to Evaluation Center West per German document KU-3294, and his burial at Garrison Cemetery Wittsund is confirmed by EU-3294.
Service record.
Missions flown.
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.