Lawrence Berkoff
Military ROLL OF HONOUR2LT Lawrence Berkoff--on a secret mission to supply the Resistance in Europe in September 1944--sacrificed his life to save his crew and to pilot his stricken B-24 away from an English village.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Missions
- Date: 31 August 1944
- Date: 4 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Lambourn, Hungerford, West Berkshire RG17, UK | 8 September 1944 | http://www.ramsburyatwar.com/crashes/b24lambourn.html http://www.801492.org/Air%20Crew/Berkoff/36th-BerkoffCrew.html https://books.google.com/books?id=jLPWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT181&lpg=PT181&dq=lawrence+berkoff&source=bl&ots=4GPpMaiE8m&sig=5Jy5CfTjnv3x26sYROLnjN75Pec&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEsQ6AEwC2oVChMI6fWnnOKDyQIVCe5jCh39_gBp#v=onepage&q=lawrence%20berkoff&f=false |
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Sources
Mr. Todd Berkoff, of Ashburn, Virginia, USA, grand-nephew of 2LT Lawrence Berkoff. Todd can be reached at [email protected]
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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia