Laurence R Stevens

Military
Staff Sergeant Stevens, a tail gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Stevens tail gunner 412 BS.' media-387802.jpg FRE 5852 Staff Sergeant Stevens, a tail gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Stevens tail gunner 412 BS.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5852 - Staff Sergeant Stevens, a tail gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling...

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 2nd Shuttle to Russia Aug 44. Combat-35 missions (04 Apr-25 Aug 44). B-17 42-97797 'Full House'. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).

Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), Russia Victory Medal, 3 DUC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97797

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Full House
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

Missions

545

  • Date: 12 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Alhambra, California 10 July 1924

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 10 April 1943

Based

Horham Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
Los Angeles County, CA, USA

Other

End Tour Duty (ETD)

Ended Tour Duty (ETD).

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, nickname, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations, mission associations and media associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/91113083-laurence-r-stevens

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

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

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