Claude H Lawrence

Military
media-19654.jpeg UPL 19654 B-17 41-9024 'King Condor' Crash landed Grafton Underwood 1/8/42 pilot Lt Claude Lawrence (10 Returned to Duty); ran off runway, through hedge and hit English truck, killing driver John Jimmison; first aircraft Salvaged.

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Object Number - UPL 19654 - B-17 41-9024 'King Condor' Crash landed Grafton Underwood 1/8/42 pilot Lt Claude Lawrence (10 Returned to Duty); ran off runway, through hedge and...

August 1, 1942 B-17E-BO #41-9024 'King Condor' took off Grafton Underwood on a training mission. Upon return, landed on a short runway, through a hedge on to a road. No injuries to crew.

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Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im

97th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-9024

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: King Condor
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron

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Added some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losees of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 24

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Object number: UPL 19654 - B-17 41-9024 'King Condor' Crash landed Grafton...