Lawrence Platt Jr

Military

Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down by flak and crashed near Valte on 7/7/44 in B-24 'Full House' 42-99966.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

An airman with the nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Full House" of the 44th Bomb Group.

42-99966

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Full House
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Prisoner of war

7 July 1944

Born

St Paul, Minnesota

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7353