Donald Henry Lawry

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media-57539.jpeg UPL 57539 2nd Lt Donald H Lawry, 401BG.

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Object Number - UPL 57539 - 2nd Lt Donald H Lawry, 401BG.

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cognac, France in B-17 #42-31064 'Hey Lou' 31-Dec-43; damaged by flak and fighters, crashed into sea, St Catherine’s Point, off Isle of Wight, UK. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1872



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Clarence Glee College

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33257076
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

James S Dockendorf

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Robert Wade Knutson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17169741
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Lee J Peters

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19062572
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Charles C Roome

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36034929
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-31064

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hey Lou
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA 28 March 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Died

near the Isle of Wright, UK. 31 December 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Cognac, France in B-17 42-31064 'Hey Lou' 31-Dec-43; Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1872

Born

Westmoreland, PA Son of Henry and Marie Lawry

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Based

31 December 1943 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56291647/donald-h-lawry

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Added a connection to 8th AF. Added a "-" in the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography".

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Added the location where the crew died.

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Added connections to all crew members.

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Added a connection to the location of the airbase.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1872, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=136

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Object number: UPL 57539 - 2nd Lt Donald H Lawry, 401BG.