Lawrence Walter Kooima
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Glenn Kooima, grand nephew
Object Number - UPL 55699 - Lawrence W Kooima - 423rd BS, 306th BG
Assigned to 423BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. On 28-Jul-43 flew Kassel raid on 42-29974. Lost control cables by flak damage. Crash landed Framlingham Airfield, Suffolk with returning crew with 4 crew members wounded. 10 x RTD.
Shot down 8-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29959. Killed in Action (KIA). They received several direct hits from anti-aircraft fire, and received damaging effects from numerous passes of German planes. Most of the men were able to bail out when the order was given, their aircraft crippled and burning.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), American Campaign, EAME, PH.
Connections
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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
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fightin Bitin
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 367th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Rock Valley, Iowa | 26 July 1917 | BornRock Valley, Iowa |
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Enlisted |
Fort Des Moines, Iowa | 6 September 1941 | EnlistedFort Des Moines, Iowa |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bremen, Germany | 8 October 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA)Bremen, Germany |
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Buried |
Valley View Cemetery Rock Valley, Iowa | 27 April 1950 | Re-InterredValley View CemeteryRock Valley, Iowa |
Revisions
NARA
306th BG
https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=469112
Glenn Kooima, grand nephew
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 867;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 204
MACR 867 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
