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Angus Lytch, Jr.

First Name: 
Angus
Middle Name: 
Ferguson
Last Name: 
Lytch, Jr.
Date of Birth: 
9/14/1918
Birthplace: 
Laurinburg, NC

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died in a plane crash near Katha, Burma, after completing 75 missions over enemy held Northern Burma in 1944. After his 99th mission, he was assigned a desk job, but he insisted on flying. He died on his 101st mission. He had been in the China-Burma-India Theater for 9 months, as of 9/1944, and had spent the previous summer at Morris Field in Charlotte. Military funeral held on Jan. 15, 1945, with burial in a military cemetery in Burma.

Age at Death: 26

Image Source: Carolina Room photo

Personal Details

Education Details: 
Davidson College graduate 1940, Laurinburg, NC schools
Biographical Notes: 
Holly Smith Pictures (motion pictures)
Family Details: 

Mr. & Mrs. Angus F. (Ethel G.) Lytch - 913 W. Church St. Laurinburg, NC

Hector M. Lytch - Laurinburg, NC, Mrs. Graham Andrews, Jr. Texas and Las Vegas, NV, Mrs. Marvin W. (Ethyl) Miller - WASPS TX

Military Details

Military Branch: 
Army Air Corps Enlisted: 9-41
Military Rank: 
Major
Military Unit: 
20th Tactical Recon. Squadron, Pilot
KIA Date: 
10/12/1944
MIA Date: 
NA
KIA / MIA Place: 
near Katha, Burma
Military Details: 
Ballenger Field, Sweetwater, TX, Brooks Field and Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX, Bruce Field, Ballenger, TX, Key Field, Meridian, MS, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, AL, Morris Field, Charlotte, NC, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, NC, Vichy, MO, China- Burma- India Theater
Awards: 
Air Medal with 4 oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, Wings- Apr 1942
Source: 

Davidson College Bulletin, newsprint and family information; The Charlotte News 9/9/1944, p. 1

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