MAINE Tech SGT Air Corps WW II
Lawrence served as a Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Hancock County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 5, 1939, prior to the war. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the amusement and/or recreation occupation and also as Single, without dependents.
Lawrence was "Killed In Action" during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
B-29 serial 42-6291 assigned to the 395th Bomb Squadron crash landed at Mindapore, India on July 26th 1944, 30 minutes after take-off from Chakulia in route to the forward area in China. Capt Alvin E. Hills, Jr., the pilot, was forced to make an emergency landing, with #1 and #4 engines cutting out and #3 engine on fire. Breaking out through the overcast at 100 feet he made a belly landing in a clear area. Contact was made with the ground at about the radar section and an explosion followed. Nine men were killed or died of injuries while four men, including the pilot, received only minor injuries.
Lawrence served as a Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Hancock County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 5, 1939, prior to the war. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the amusement and/or recreation occupation and also as Single, without dependents.
Lawrence was "Killed In Action" during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
B-29 serial 42-6291 assigned to the 395th Bomb Squadron crash landed at Mindapore, India on July 26th 1944, 30 minutes after take-off from Chakulia in route to the forward area in China. Capt Alvin E. Hills, Jr., the pilot, was forced to make an emergency landing, with #1 and #4 engines cutting out and #3 engine on fire. Breaking out through the overcast at 100 feet he made a belly landing in a clear area. Contact was made with the ground at about the radar section and an explosion followed. Nine men were killed or died of injuries while four men, including the pilot, received only minor injuries.
MAINE Tech SGT Air Corps WW II
Lawrence served as a Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Hancock County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 5, 1939, prior to the war. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the amusement and/or recreation occupation and also as Single, without dependents.
Lawrence was "Killed In Action" during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
B-29 serial 42-6291 assigned to the 395th Bomb Squadron crash landed at Mindapore, India on July 26th 1944, 30 minutes after take-off from Chakulia in route to the forward area in China. Capt Alvin E. Hills, Jr., the pilot, was forced to make an emergency landing, with #1 and #4 engines cutting out and #3 engine on fire. Breaking out through the overcast at 100 feet he made a belly landing in a clear area. Contact was made with the ground at about the radar section and an explosion followed. Nine men were killed or died of injuries while four men, including the pilot, received only minor injuries.
Lawrence served as a Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Hancock County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 5, 1939, prior to the war. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the amusement and/or recreation occupation and also as Single, without dependents.
Lawrence was "Killed In Action" during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
B-29 serial 42-6291 assigned to the 395th Bomb Squadron crash landed at Mindapore, India on July 26th 1944, 30 minutes after take-off from Chakulia in route to the forward area in China. Capt Alvin E. Hills, Jr., the pilot, was forced to make an emergency landing, with #1 and #4 engines cutting out and #3 engine on fire. Breaking out through the overcast at 100 feet he made a belly landing in a clear area. Contact was made with the ground at about the radar section and an explosion followed. Nine men were killed or died of injuries while four men, including the pilot, received only minor injuries.
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