Lawrence A Eckard

Military
media-49003.jpeg UPL 49003 2LT Lawrence A. Eckard
Bombardier/Navigator
416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF
KIA - 14 February 1945

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Object Number - UPL 49003 - 2LT Lawrence A. Eckard Bombardier/Navigator 416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF KIA - 14 February 1945

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

McVeytown, PA 7 May 1925

Enlisted

Miami, Florida 12 May 1943

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Kempten, Germany 9 February 1944

Died

near Mechernich, Germany 14 February 1945 The eleventh aircraft, believed hit by flak, was last seen going down in flames in the vicinity of Heinersheim. One chute emerged. The crew of three included Lts J.J. Chalmers and L.W. Eckard, and S/Sgt K. Fortuner. Eckard was flying just his 3rd combat mission

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Plot Plot A Row 8 Grave 3

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