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Personal info

Full name
LAURITZEN, Scott Adams
Date of birth
25 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Hometown
Canton, Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-783122
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
352nd Bombardment Squadron,
301st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Gratkorn, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 15 30

Immediate family

Members
Hans P. Lauritzen (father)
Mary H. (Adams) Lauritzen (mother)
Dean G. Lauritzen (brother)
John Lauritzen (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
44-6351
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Bruck an der Mur, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 12903

More information

2nd Lt Scott A. Lauritzen attended 2 years of college before he joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 5 December 1942.

The aircraft was hit by flak at the beginning of the bomb run and caught fire in the bomb bay and the radio room. It went out of formation, went into a dive and broke in half.

Five crew members survived and were taken prisoner, five were killed. Their remaines were found in Gratkorn, Austria.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Mitten Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com, https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=196896, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238601 - page 58 - 277
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Canton Repository - 23 March 1945, McKinley High School 1940 McKinleyite Yearbook