Lawrence Henry Lancashire
Military
Rear : Left to Right : Leo Sharp - Pilot Hubert Womble - Arthur Thompson - Lawrence Lancashire
Front : Left to Right : Jack Reed - Howard Ford - Mack Fitzgerald - William Little - John English.
Removed punctuation marks from around aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo
Object Number - UPL 48074 - The B-24D - 42-40265 - Honkey Tonk Gal's Crew : Rear : Left to Right : Leo Sharp - Pilot Hubert Womble - Arthur Thompson -...
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from the Ploesti mission in the B-24D, 42-40265, Honkey Tonk Gal. Force landed in Romania, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 330
Awards: DFC, AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18062178 / O-663978
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Honkey Tonk Gal - Naked Truth
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Shaker Heights, Ohio | 20 April 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
Toledo, OH | 26 February 1941 | Toledo, Ohio |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Romania |
|
Other Force landed POW |
Ploesti, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 42-40265 'Honky Tonk Gal' 1-Aug-43; force landed Romania POW MACR 330 |
|
Other Discharged USAAF |
12 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
|
Died |
Soldotna, AK | 26 December 1997 | |
|
Based |
1 August 1943 | Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Removed punctuation marks from around aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 330