Lawrence James Berry
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x kill. Killed in Action (KIA) on strafing mission to France in P-38J 43-28471. Mission to the Saintes and Saumur areas of France, port engine caught fire after strafing run. A/C flew into the ground and was engulfed in flames. German files indicate A/C shot down at 10:25hrs over Fountenay Le Comte. MACR 6563.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 June 1944
- Date: 11 June 1944
- Date: 7 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Columbus, OH, USA | 27 August 1941 | Fort Hayes Columbus USA |
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Based |
Wormingford | 24 April 1944 - 5 July 1944 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
85200 Fontenay-le-Comte, France | 5 July 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) on strafing mission to France in P-38J 43-28471. Port engine caught fire after strafing run. A/C flew into the ground and was engulfed in flames. |
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Buried |
85200 Fontenay-le-Comte, France | 8 July 1944 | Fountenay Le Comte Cemetery. |
| Toledo, OH, USA | |||
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Born |
Lucas County, OH, USA | ||
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Buried |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / href=WWW.55th.org>WWW.55th.org> roster, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p.31, MACR 6563