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Personal info

Full name
LAWRY, Donald C
Date of birth
27 March 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Rock County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Rock County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
O-690455
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
733rd Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
22 February 1944
Place of death
Lake Volkerak, 15 km northwest of Steenbergen, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Lawry (father)
Myrtie L. Lawry (mother)
Gordon R. Lawry (brother)
Dorothy M. Brunsell Law Taplin (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
41-28615
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Ginnie
Destination: Gotha, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 2895

More information

2nd Lt Donald C. Lawry joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in San Antonio Aviation Adet Center as an Aviation Cadet Center, Texas on 10 January 1943.

177 B-24s are dispatched but they are recalled when 100 miles (160 km) inland. Since they were over Germany, they sought targets of opportunity but strong winds drove the bombers over The Netherlands and their bombs hit Enschede, Arnhem, Nijmegen and Deventer.

The aircraft was seen to be attacked hit by enemy aircraft and went down, probably by Hauptmann Herbert Huppertz of JG2. It hit the water and exploded. No parachutes were seen.

Only the remains of S/Sgt Richard C. Anderson were recovered. The other nine crew members are still missing in action and are remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten Cemetery.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.b24.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Veterans Gravesite

Photo source: Peter Schouteten