Tom C Lawson
Military5 missions 1944. Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-39911 'Mary Lou' when targeting Berlin, bailed out Hanover. Prisoner of War (POW) Frankfurt, Stalag III Sagan thru January 1945, Nuremburg March 1945, Moosburg April 1945. Liberated by Patton's 3rd Army, flown out May 1945
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mary Lou
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Montgomery, Alabama | 7 January 1922 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 May 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Added POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4585 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 4585