Baskin R Lawrence Jr
MilitaryFRE 718
In 1934 joined Army Air Corp in pilot training. Joined 91st BG in September 1942. On March 4, 1943, taxying accident at Bassingbourne in Boston III AL441 on return from a photographic flight with Mr. LH Cave Chinn as a passenger. Chinn was a British Paramount news photographer. Baskin completed 11 combat missions with the 91st. Late in 1943 was sent to 482nd BG which was aPathfinder group and the first to have a radar bomb system.
Silver Star, Air Medal.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Seneca, South Carolina | 25 March 1905 |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate record to include information from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
AccidentReports.com, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1, p. 88 by Bishop & Hey, AF biography on line / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia