(Robert M. Littlefield)
1/Lt. Edwin B. Lawrence
(Robert M. Littlefield)
1/Lt. Edwin B. Lawrence
38th FS - 06 July 1944 - 14 October 1944 (Killed in Action)
| Assigned Aircraft |
P-51D 44-13701 |
| Mission History |
Not Known |
| Mission List |
Not Known |
| Air Scores |
1-0-0 |
| Ground Scores |
0-0 |
| Score Detail | 12 September 1944 Me-109 destroyed (air) Frankfurt |
| Notes | From Tennessee. ASN - 0-763242 06 July 1944 - Joined the 38th Fighter Squadron 19 September 1944 - Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to 1st Lieutenant Lt. Lawrence was making a formation take-off, as a wingman, on a combat mission. As his leader started a left turn at 30 to 50 feet above the ground, Lt. Lawrence got into a position where he was in the flight leader's prop wash. His aircraft moved down and out of the prop wash, but his left wing hit the top of a tree and the plane turned over and crashed. The aircraft was destroyed and Lt. Lawrence was killed instantly. Lt. Lawrence is buried at Cambridge American Military Cemetery and
Memorial, Coton, Cambridge, England. |
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