Lawrence Lifshus
Military
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UPL 36776
"Lead crew on bombing mission to Hamburg, Germany, in front of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 24 February 1945."
Rear L-R: Capt James Pershing Zwayer, Maj James S Cheney, Capt Harold Lee Stouse, Lt Col William S Raper, 1Lt Lawrence J Lifshus
Front L-R: T/Sgt Joseph D. Lillis, T/Sgt George Fred Bostick, 1Lt Melvin E Papp, S/Sgt Leo F Wotanis, F/O James Hodges Hardy
Rear L-R: Capt James Pershing Zwayer, Maj James S Cheney, Capt Harold Lee Stouse, Lt Col William S Raper, 1Lt Lawrence J Lifshus
Front L-R: T/Sgt Joseph D. Lillis, T/Sgt George Fred Bostick, 1Lt Melvin E Papp, S/Sgt Leo F Wotanis, F/O James Hodges Hardy
Prisoner of War (POW) Hit by flak and crash landed beside Rhine River on 30 Mar 45. Captured by Germans.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O207003
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron 360th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot; Airplane Commander
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13539, http://303rdbg.com/rost-kl.html#K