Entered the service from Wisconsin.
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Lieut. Donald Lawry Missing in Action
EVANSVILLE, Wisconsin — Lieut. Donald C. Lawry, fighter plane pilot stationed in England, has been missing in action since a mission , over Germany on Feb. 22, according to a telegram from the adjutant general's office in Washington received Tuesday by his mother Myrtle Lawry, Evansville. His wife the former Dorothy Brunsell, is now making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brunsell, Evansville. Lieut. Lawry enlisted in the air corps shortly after his graduation from Evansville high school in 1942 and received his wings at Hondo, Tex., in August, 1943. Prior to going overseas, he was stationed in California.
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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. 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.
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Lieut. Donald Lawry Missing in Action
EVANSVILLE, Wisconsin — Lieut. Donald C. Lawry, fighter plane pilot stationed in England, has been missing in action since a mission , over Germany on Feb. 22, according to a telegram from the adjutant general's office in Washington received Tuesday by his mother Myrtle Lawry, Evansville. His wife the former Dorothy Brunsell, is now making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brunsell, Evansville. Lieut. Lawry enlisted in the air corps shortly after his graduation from Evansville high school in 1942 and received his wings at Hondo, Tex., in August, 1943. Prior to going overseas, he was stationed in California.
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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. 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.
Entered the service from Wisconsin.
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Lieut. Donald Lawry Missing in Action
EVANSVILLE, Wisconsin — Lieut. Donald C. Lawry, fighter plane pilot stationed in England, has been missing in action since a mission , over Germany on Feb. 22, according to a telegram from the adjutant general's office in Washington received Tuesday by his mother Myrtle Lawry, Evansville. His wife the former Dorothy Brunsell, is now making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brunsell, Evansville. Lieut. Lawry enlisted in the air corps shortly after his graduation from Evansville high school in 1942 and received his wings at Hondo, Tex., in August, 1943. Prior to going overseas, he was stationed in California.
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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. 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.
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Lieut. Donald Lawry Missing in Action
EVANSVILLE, Wisconsin — Lieut. Donald C. Lawry, fighter plane pilot stationed in England, has been missing in action since a mission , over Germany on Feb. 22, according to a telegram from the adjutant general's office in Washington received Tuesday by his mother Myrtle Lawry, Evansville. His wife the former Dorothy Brunsell, is now making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brunsell, Evansville. Lieut. Lawry enlisted in the air corps shortly after his graduation from Evansville high school in 1942 and received his wings at Hondo, Tex., in August, 1943. Prior to going overseas, he was stationed in California.
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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. 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.
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