Lawrence Eugene McCraw

Military

Killed in Action (KIA) Disappeared on weather recon flight. Body washed ashore near Calais, France, on 23 Nov 43. Plane was Jean's Little Moe' 42-8408.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-22473

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron

42-8408

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Jean's Little Moe
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

15 November 1943 Killed when his aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with P-47D 42-8413 over the beach at Wissant, France while on a meteorological sortie.

Buried

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Brownsboro Road, Louisville, KY 40207, USA 5 February 1950 Remains repatriated with those of the other pilot 1LT Donald B. McNally for Group Burial at the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky

Born

Lynchburg, Virginia

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47580606/lawrence-eugene-mccraw;
Lee Cuninngham 21-Jul-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event per MACR 1290;
Added Burial event and Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Sources

355th FGAssn/MACR 1290 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia