Laurence Joseph Lazzari

Military
The mission board of the 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbotts. Handwritten caption on reverse: '100th BG'. media-407384.jpg FRE 4118 The mission board of the 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbotts, taken some time after 6 February 1945 as this was the date that Munoz's crew flew their first mission.

Navigator Daniel Shaffer (misspelt as Shaeffer on board) flew as Bazin's co-pilot on 10 missions between 22 March 1945 and 6 April 1945, so again, photo was taken some point between these two dates.

Handwritten caption on reverse: '100th BG'. Roger Freeman Collection

Daniel Shaffer's page on 100th Bomb Group Foundation website: https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=personnel&id=4699…

Object Number - FRE 4118 - The mission board of the 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbotts, taken some time after 6 February 1945 as this was the date that...

Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x Missions completed, lined up for take-off on the 30th mission, to be relieved to see red flares arc into the sky cancelling the mission.

 

Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 BS)

Mission list:

1. Weimar, Germany. 9-Feb-45. A/C 530

2. Cottbus, Germany. 15-Feb-45. A/C 632 

3. Giessen, Germany. 17-Feb-45. A/C 861

4. Osnabruck, Germany. 19-Feb-45. A/C 963

5. Nurnburq, Germany. 21-Feb-45, A/C 047 

6. Kitzingen marshalling yard. 22-Feb-45. A/C 047

7. Treuchtlingen railway junction, Germany. 23-Feb-45. A/C 295

8. Kassel, Germany. 28-Feb-45. A/C ???

9. Dresden, Germany. 2-Mar-45. A/C 126

10. Ulm. Germany. 4-Mar-45. A/C 047

11. Siegen, Germany. 7-Mar-45. A/C ???

12. Giessen, Germany. 3-Mar-45. A/C 521

13. Dortmund, Germany. 10-Mar-45. A/C 852

14. Oranienburg, Germany. 15-Mar-45. A/C 992

15. Plauen, Germany. 17-Mar-45. A/C 992

16. Berlin, Germany. 18-Mar-45. A/C 992

17. Plauen, Germany. 21-Mar-45. A/C 992

18. Alhorn, Germany. 22-Mar-45. A/C 992

19. Marburg, Germany. 23-Feb-45. A/C 992

20. Steenwijk, Holland. 24-Mar-45. A/C 992

21. Zeigenhain, Germany. 24-Mar-45. A/C 992

22. Leipzig, Germany. 6-Apr-45. A/C 44-8836

23. Buchen, Germany. 7-Apr-45. A/C 44-8836

24. Eger (Cheb), Czechoslovakia, 1287 Hours, 8-Apr-45. A/C 44-8836

25. Munich, Germany. 9-Apr-45. A/C 44-8836

26. Burg-bei-Magdeburg, Germany. 10-Apr-45.  A/C 44-8836

27. Landshut, Germany. 11-Apr-45. A/C 44-8836

28. Royan, France. 14-Apr-45. A/C 44-8836

29. Royan, France. 15-Apr-45. A/C 44-8836

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-8836

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Missions

832

  • Date: 15 February 1945
Ground crew attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Baby Jo" of the 357th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Noel Breen ran out of fuel 9 Feb '45.'

824

  • Date: 9 February 1945

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Born

27 August 1924 Son of Louis and Albina Lazzari in Hurley, Wisconsin.

Enlisted

12 December 1942 Enlisted Seattle Washington.

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100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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The mission board of the 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbotts. Handwritten caption on reverse: '100th BG'.

Object number: FRE 4118 - The mission board of the 351st Bomb Squadron...