U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-737131
Enlistment Date: 03/25/1942 in St. Louis, Missouri with Service No. #17061488
Entered the Service from: Missouri
4th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Lyle R. Kater is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for St. Louis (City), Missouri.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as Mediterranean Sea on 27 Jan 1944.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 4336 Warne, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact person listed as Fred Kater of same address. Place of birth listed as Decatur, Illinois on 11/01/1921. Middle name listed as Richard. Employed by Williams Pat Crusher Company, Broadway & Montgomery, St. Louis, Missouri as of 02/16/1942 registration date.
From unknown source: Monument erected 16 August 2018 in Pierrefeu-du-Var, France in honor of Lt. Lyle Richard Kater, Lt. Ottaway Cornwell and Lt. Harold Beedle.
His body was never recovered. Flew in one of two US Army units flying Spitfires. Shot down by German Ace Siegfried Lemke.
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=24603 lists the following information: Born 1 November 1921 to Fred Herman and Rachel Edith (Schmidt) Kater. Pilot of the Spitfire s/n JK602 WD that took off from Calvi, Corsica at 10:05 am on 27 Jan 44 to do a sweep of the aerodrome in Luc Le Canet/La Grande Bastide (83). Hit in aerial combat over Pierrefeu du Var and crashed SE of the Islands of Hyeres at 1100. Listed as Missing in Action.
***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank VDaniel Find A Grave ID 51578252 for adding the bio information below***
Parents : Fred & Rachel Kater
Lyle was officially registered as a bank employee in 1940.
He was a Spitfire (English-made aircraft) pilot among the 4th Fighter Squadron. He died in a dogfight over Hyères island, Southern France.
Enlistment Date: 03/25/1942 in St. Louis, Missouri with Service No. #17061488
Entered the Service from: Missouri
4th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Lyle R. Kater is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for St. Louis (City), Missouri.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as Mediterranean Sea on 27 Jan 1944.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 4336 Warne, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact person listed as Fred Kater of same address. Place of birth listed as Decatur, Illinois on 11/01/1921. Middle name listed as Richard. Employed by Williams Pat Crusher Company, Broadway & Montgomery, St. Louis, Missouri as of 02/16/1942 registration date.
From unknown source: Monument erected 16 August 2018 in Pierrefeu-du-Var, France in honor of Lt. Lyle Richard Kater, Lt. Ottaway Cornwell and Lt. Harold Beedle.
His body was never recovered. Flew in one of two US Army units flying Spitfires. Shot down by German Ace Siegfried Lemke.
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=24603 lists the following information: Born 1 November 1921 to Fred Herman and Rachel Edith (Schmidt) Kater. Pilot of the Spitfire s/n JK602 WD that took off from Calvi, Corsica at 10:05 am on 27 Jan 44 to do a sweep of the aerodrome in Luc Le Canet/La Grande Bastide (83). Hit in aerial combat over Pierrefeu du Var and crashed SE of the Islands of Hyeres at 1100. Listed as Missing in Action.
***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank VDaniel Find A Grave ID 51578252 for adding the bio information below***
Parents : Fred & Rachel Kater
Lyle was officially registered as a bank employee in 1940.
He was a Spitfire (English-made aircraft) pilot among the 4th Fighter Squadron. He died in a dogfight over Hyères island, Southern France.
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-737131
Enlistment Date: 03/25/1942 in St. Louis, Missouri with Service No. #17061488
Entered the Service from: Missouri
4th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Lyle R. Kater is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for St. Louis (City), Missouri.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as Mediterranean Sea on 27 Jan 1944.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 4336 Warne, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact person listed as Fred Kater of same address. Place of birth listed as Decatur, Illinois on 11/01/1921. Middle name listed as Richard. Employed by Williams Pat Crusher Company, Broadway & Montgomery, St. Louis, Missouri as of 02/16/1942 registration date.
From unknown source: Monument erected 16 August 2018 in Pierrefeu-du-Var, France in honor of Lt. Lyle Richard Kater, Lt. Ottaway Cornwell and Lt. Harold Beedle.
His body was never recovered. Flew in one of two US Army units flying Spitfires. Shot down by German Ace Siegfried Lemke.
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=24603 lists the following information: Born 1 November 1921 to Fred Herman and Rachel Edith (Schmidt) Kater. Pilot of the Spitfire s/n JK602 WD that took off from Calvi, Corsica at 10:05 am on 27 Jan 44 to do a sweep of the aerodrome in Luc Le Canet/La Grande Bastide (83). Hit in aerial combat over Pierrefeu du Var and crashed SE of the Islands of Hyeres at 1100. Listed as Missing in Action.
***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank VDaniel Find A Grave ID 51578252 for adding the bio information below***
Parents : Fred & Rachel Kater
Lyle was officially registered as a bank employee in 1940.
He was a Spitfire (English-made aircraft) pilot among the 4th Fighter Squadron. He died in a dogfight over Hyères island, Southern France.
Enlistment Date: 03/25/1942 in St. Louis, Missouri with Service No. #17061488
Entered the Service from: Missouri
4th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Lyle R. Kater is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for St. Louis (City), Missouri.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as Mediterranean Sea on 27 Jan 1944.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 4336 Warne, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact person listed as Fred Kater of same address. Place of birth listed as Decatur, Illinois on 11/01/1921. Middle name listed as Richard. Employed by Williams Pat Crusher Company, Broadway & Montgomery, St. Louis, Missouri as of 02/16/1942 registration date.
From unknown source: Monument erected 16 August 2018 in Pierrefeu-du-Var, France in honor of Lt. Lyle Richard Kater, Lt. Ottaway Cornwell and Lt. Harold Beedle.
His body was never recovered. Flew in one of two US Army units flying Spitfires. Shot down by German Ace Siegfried Lemke.
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=24603 lists the following information: Born 1 November 1921 to Fred Herman and Rachel Edith (Schmidt) Kater. Pilot of the Spitfire s/n JK602 WD that took off from Calvi, Corsica at 10:05 am on 27 Jan 44 to do a sweep of the aerodrome in Luc Le Canet/La Grande Bastide (83). Hit in aerial combat over Pierrefeu du Var and crashed SE of the Islands of Hyeres at 1100. Listed as Missing in Action.
***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank VDaniel Find A Grave ID 51578252 for adding the bio information below***
Parents : Fred & Rachel Kater
Lyle was officially registered as a bank employee in 1940.
He was a Spitfire (English-made aircraft) pilot among the 4th Fighter Squadron. He died in a dogfight over Hyères island, Southern France.
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