Lawrence Scott Carner
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
A crowd of men, women and children look on as a woman fixes a flower arrangement into place at the group of graves dedicated to Allied soldiers. The sign above the group reads 'A nos Camarades - Britanniques - Américains - Morts pour La Patrie - en témoignage d'Amitié et de Reconnaissance.' [To our Friends - Britons - Americans - who died for this country - as a mark of Friendship and Recognition].
The grave marker that can be seen belongs to Lawrence S Carner.
Postcard sent through to the American Air Museum by Martine Copenaut of Neufvilles, Belgium.
Object Number - UPL 29736 - French postcard - 'The homage of the inhabitants of Paris to the Allies dead soldiers'. A crowd of men, women and children look on as a woman fixes...
Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #4230493. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Paris, France | 15 September 1943 | |
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Born |
Warren County, IL, USA | ||
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Buried |
Paris, France | ||
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Buried |
Warren County Memorial Park, 20050 US-6, Warren, PA 16365, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 727 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
