Press Release | Sept. 24, 2024

Airman Accounted for from WWII (Lord, L.)

Washington  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Loring E. Lord, killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 18, 2024.

In March 1945, Lord was a member of the 642nd Bombardment Squadron, 409th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Division, 9th Air Force. He was a gunner aboard an A-26B “Invader”, when his aircraft was hit by heavy anti-aircraft fire during a bombing mission to Duelmen, Germany. Airmen aboard other aircraft flying in formation witnessed the A-26B lose altitude, crash and explode. There was no indication that anyone escaped the crash, and the crew was reported Missing In Action.