Hall, Lawrence Marion

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Hall, Lawrence Marion ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	17100419 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #99 dated 19 September 1943, effective 19 September 1943.
Duty	Tail Gunner
MOS	612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner
Last Duty Date	28 April 1944
Results	Completed Tour, Returned to USA
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 1 December 1921 Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #112 dated 6October 1943. Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to American Red Cross club, Southport (a Flak house) on 12 February 1944 per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 12 February 1944.

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Lucas, Hoyt Coltman⇗	Co-pilot	TR
2nd Lt. Sparrow, Harry Ira⇗	Navigator	TR
2nd Lt. Fish, Robert Leigh⇗	Bombardier	MIA
S/SGT. Buller, Elwood Ellis⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Grant, George Vaughn, Jr⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	TR
S/SGT. Finkelstein, Raymond Louis⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	TR
SGT. Hall, Lawrence Marion	Tail Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Jordan, Edward Allan⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR
SGT. Loughlin, Edmund Henry⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 29 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
29⇗	8 October 1943	Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Tail Gunner	41‑24575⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Attlebridge Airfield, AAF Station 120, due to low fuel. Landed at Grafton Underwood at 7:10PM, about 1.5 hours after the rest of the Group. Sortie Report⇗
31⇗	10 October 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3037⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
33⇗	20 October 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Düren, Germany	Tail Gunner	41‑24575⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗
--⇗	30 October 1943	Target: Marshaling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	41‑24575⇗	Sortie Report⇗
34⇗	3 November 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	41‑24575⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
36⇗	16 November 1943	Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway	Tail Gunner	41‑24560⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back due to loose oil line on prop governor Sortie Report⇗
37⇗	26 November 1943	Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Bremen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
39⇗	1 December 1943	Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37885⇗	Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Flying Spare; joined formation; turned back over enemy territory due to a cracked cylinder head on #4 engine. Sortie Report⇗
41⇗	11 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
42⇗	13 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑29733⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
45⇗	22 December 1943	Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
49⇗	4 January 1944	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑29703⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
50⇗	5 January 1944	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37924⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29651⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Lead group. Turned back at 1007 hrs because #3 engine was throwing oil and caught fire. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3440⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
58⇗	4 February 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3087⇗	Combat Mission Credit Aborted Mission After Taking Off High group, 41st B Combat Wing. Turned back at 1108 hrs over The Netherlands "because #2 supercharger surged and ran away ... was uncontrollable." Sortie Report⇗
59⇗	5 February 1944	Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑39962⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
60⇗	6 February 1944	Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
64⇗	21 February 1944	Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑31495⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗
65⇗	22 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3440⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗
66⇗	24 February 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3440⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Lead Squadron, lead group. Flying spare; aborted; took off one hour late and could not catch formation. Sortie Report⇗
67⇗	25 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑39888⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group. Turned back at 1125 hrs when #3 supercharger would not function at altitude, being able to get only 23-24 inches of boost at 19,000'. Sortie Report⇗
69⇗	2 March 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37885⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
70⇗	3 March 1944	Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑31346⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back because #2 engine supercharger surged and oscillated. Sortie Report⇗
71⇗	4 March 1944	Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑38014⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1010 hrs because fuel transfer pump was inoperative. Sortie Report⇗
75⇗	16 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31364⇗	Combat Mission Credit Jettisoned bombs at 1130 hrs when aircraft was hit by bombs from Ledbetter aircraft 42‑37801 (MIA); bombs knocked out #2 engine and forced the jettisoning of bombs. Sortie Report⇗
76⇗	18 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37789⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
77⇗	19 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France	Tail Gunner	42‑37789⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
79⇗	22 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31495⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗
80⇗	23 March 1944	Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31495⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
81⇗	24 March 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37982⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
82⇗	26 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3429⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
83⇗	27 March 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France	Tail Gunner	42‑37785⇗	Combat Mission Credit 94 Group. Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31235⇗	Combat Mission Credit Joined 41st Composite Combat Wing A and bombed their primary target. Sortie Report⇗
87⇗	10 April 1944	Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium	Tail Gunner	42‑31235⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
88⇗	11 April 1944	Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31235⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
90⇗	18 April 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31235⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
91⇗	19 April 1944	Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31435⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
92⇗	20 April 1944	Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France	Tail Gunner	42‑31364⇗	Combat Mission Credit B Wing, High Group, High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗

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