Lawrence Walter Edstrom
Military
Pilot
416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF
Photograph was taken at a restaurant in New Orleans in August 1945
as they transited to the west coast for their next assignment or release from service
Object Number - UPL 48587 - 1LT Lawrence W. Edstrom, 1LT Gentry Milhorn, 1LT John A. Buskirk Pilot 416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF Photograph was taken at a restaurant in New...
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Baby Alan
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Oklahoma Outlaw
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Dottie Mae
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Doris Lee
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
North Branch, Minnesota | 6 March 1921 | |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 16 February 1942 | 4155 Hiawatha Avenue | |
|
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Saarburg, Germany | 25 December 1944 | |
|
Other Wounded In Action/Purple Heart |
Vreden, Germany | 21 March 1945 | General Orders No. 45, 27 March 1945, Purple Heart is awarded to: 671st Bombardment Squadron (L), Lawrence W. Edstrom, O-759579, Second Lieutenant, Air Corps, United States Army. For wounds received in action against an enemy of the United States on 21 March 1945, while serving as Pilot on an A-26 airplane on a combat operational mission over enemy occupied territory. Entered military service from North Branch, Minn. |
|
Other Final 416th BG Combat Mission |
Stod, Czech Republic | 3 May 1945 | |
|
Died |
Princeton, Minnesota | 3 December 2006 | |
|
Buried |
Princeton, Minnesota | 9 December 2006 | Oak Knoll Cemetery Princeton, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, USA Plot 6th Addition, block 2, lot 13 |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
