41-24575 Sunrise Serenader
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Back row: S/Sgt Homer F Vinning (tail gunner), 2/Lt Jack W Bennet (bombardier), 2/Lt Arthur D Reitz (navigator), 2/Lt Wilbur D Greenwalt (co-pilot) and 1/Lt Dale Shaffer (pilot).
Front row: Sgt Louis P. Berring (waist gunner), Pvt Thomas H Lawler (radio operator), S/Sgt William F Clendenen (ball turret gunner), S/Sgt Herbert W Armstrong (waist gunner) and T/Sgt Alan G Nates (engineer).
See previous message. Berring was a Sgt.
Object Number - UPL 27725 - First Lieutenant Dale Shaffer's crew of the 365th Bomb Squadron of the 305th Bomb Group, 23 November 1942. They are in front of B-17 41-24575. Most...
Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-S] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-J] Grafton Underwood 19/9/43; detailed Bremen 13/11/43 but recalled with Ralph Connell, Co-pilot: Albt Doman, Navigator: Larry Angthius, Bombardier: Claud Gober, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harvey Wick, Ball turret gunner: Ellsworth Calder, Waist gunner: Ken Barr, Waist gunner: Bill McCully, Tail gunner: Bob Bryant (9 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Srgt. Thomas M. Lawler (Pictured Bottom Row 2nd from left) . Alan Purdy (Returned to Duty). crashed RAF Wargrave, Berks., UK. SUNRISE SERENADER.
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Units served with
People
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797476
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-675567
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Navigator
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729318
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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Missions
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- Date: 29 June 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Assigned |
19 October 1942 - 25 October 1942 | 305th Bomb Group, 365th Bomb Squadron | |
Transferred |
25 October 1942 - 19 September 1943 | 305th Bomb Group, 365th Bomb Squadron. | |
Assigned |
19 September 1943 - 13 November 1943 | 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron | |
Crashed |
13 November 1943 - 13 November 1943 | Crashed during takeoff on mission to Bremen. |
Revisions
Thomas Lawler was my grandfather. I have military records showing he flew 25 missions with the 305th. He is pictured second left on bottom row in this archive picture.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
AAIR 43-11-13-500 / Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database