Donald Charles Lawry
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 20157 - B24 42-52234 Corky, with the Nortridge crew (crew 25)
On 22 February, 1944, flying to Gotha, Germany, with Richard Ingram's crew, Donald's aircraft "Ginnie," B- 24 41-28615, was attacked by 8 FW190s. Badly damaged, the a/c was seen to fall into the North Sea off the coast of Rotterdam. It exploded upon striking the water; all crew were lost.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Allen H Bryson, Sol Greenberg and Albert J Gehrt of the 453rd Bomb Group in their underwear after a mission. Handwritten letter enclosed with print: '1 [left] Allen H Bryson- Pilot, 2 [right] Albert H Gehrt- Bombardier, 3 [center] Sol Greenberg- Navigator. Part of the crew of "The Gypsy Queen", 733rd Sqdn. 453rd Bomb Group at Old Buckenham. Taken in long johns, pistol and parachute harness after returning from a mission.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380674.jpg.webp?itok=FeDJ5j6d)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0663084
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oregon, WI USA | 27 March 1924 | |
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Enlisted |
San Antonio, TX, USA | 10 January 1943 | |
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Other Married |
March Air Reserve Base, CA, USA | 22 November 1943 | Dorothy Brunsell. Bill Eagleson was best man, and the service was performed by Lt Lester Liles, the 453rd Chaplain. |
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Died |
22 February 1944 | Donald died less than 5 weeks before his 20th birthday. He had been married for 3 months. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 22 February 1944 | |
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Other Memorialised |
Margraten, Netherlands | Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten Eijsden-Margraten Municipality Limburg, Netherlands |
Revisions
An Emotional Gauntlet, Stuart J. Wright, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, © 2004
MACR 2895
Find A Grave Memorial# 56300903
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2895 / MACR 2895, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
