Willard James Lawrence

Military
media-25674.jpeg UPL 25674 Lt. Colonel Willard Lawrence

Timothy Motz from an obituary photo at http://www.porterloring.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1491771

Object Number - UPL 25674 - Lt. Colonel Willard Lawrence

Willard Lawrence was born on Jul. 12, 1921 in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. His career included thirty years active duty in the United States Air Force, serving in three wars (WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War) as a pilot and later as a comptroller, he retired in 1972 as a Lt. Colonel.



Among his many medals are the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with 6 oak leaf clusters.



He died on Jan. 2, 2015 in San Antonio, Texas, USA and is buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

See more at: http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lawrence&GSfn=Willard…;

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Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37830) of the 447th Bomb Group in flight.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Jane, Stinky
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
Captain Ralph L Minker  of the 447th Bomb Group in the cockpit of his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38719) nicknamed "Blue Hen Chick".
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Blue Hen Chick
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 17 September 1944
  • Date: 13 September 1944
  • Official Description:
  • Date: 12 September 1944
  • Date: 11 September 1944
French civillians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-32086) nicknamed "You Never Know" of the 457th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10/9/44 France.'
  • Date: 10 September 1944

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Born

12 July 1921

Died

2 January 2015

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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Edited by granddaughter

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Timothy Motz, from 447th loading lists

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Timothy Motz, from 447th loading lists

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Timothy Motz; from a list kept by Harold Motz and compared to Doyle Shields, "History of the 447th Bomb Group."

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Timothy Motz; from list kept by Harold Motz, compared to Doyl Shields, "History of the 447th Bomb Group"

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Timothy Motz

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correction to rank in 1944 by Timothy Motz

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middle name corrected by Timothy Motz

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Timothy Motz from findagrave.com

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Timothy Motz from findagrave.com

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Timothy Motz, from notes on a crew photo from Harold Motz, 2016

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Timothy Motz from crew photo of Harold Motz

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945

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