Edward A. Lawton    Photo: AS 25 MAY 2015   Updated:  18 JUN 2015                              1948 -           Ardennes, BELGIUM

Airman: u096065.htm Surname: Lawton Init: E A Rank: 2ndLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 335

P_link: p185.htm Plane: B17 42-29675 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Langelandsbæltet

Crash_d: d130643 Buried_d: b170643 C_link: c096.htm At_Next: Svinø

Den 13. juni 1943 gik B17 42-29675 tabt (måske omkring her) i forbindelse med et bombeangreb
på Kiel (her). Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"Den 13. juni 1943 angreb 60 B-17 fra USAAF ubådsanlæggene i Kiel. 16 B-17 fra 95. BG fløj forrest
i formationen, der allerede blev angrebet under indflyvningen til målet. Som sædvanlig angreb de tyske jagermaskiner især den forreste del af formationen, og inden denne havde passeret målet var 7-8 B-17
fra 95. BG gået tabt.
En B-17 ude af kontrol fløj ind i en anden, og kun 6 B-17 fra 95. BG nåede tilbage til basen, hvoraf
en blev ødelagt under nødlanding.På grund af de voldsomme kamphandlinger observerede ingen i området tabet af dette fly. Få dage efter drev ligene af fire besætningsmedlemmer i land på
sydkysten af Lolland, og tabet var hermed en realitet." (FT 86-89-14)

2nd Lt Edward A. Lawton blev fundet ved Rødby Havn og begravet på Svinø Kirkegård den 17. juni 1943. (Kilde: FAF)
I 1948 blev han og andre Amerikanske flyvere fra Svinø flyttet til Ardennes American Cemetery i
Belgien for at blive overført til USA.. (Kilde: FAF) Kom i tjenesten fra Massachusetts. Begravet på
Ardennes American Cemetery Plot B Row 39 Grave 16 i BELGIEN.
 Hæderstegn: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC) Se Monument for 46 amerikanske flyvere.

Se tegning af besætningen på en B-17, Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner.
B17 4229702 * B17 423286 * B17 4230118 * B17 4229675 * B17 423187 * B17 4230164 styrtede alle ned i dele af Østersøen. 10 flyvere.

On 13 June 1943 B17 42-29675 was lost (maybe about here) in connection with a bombing raid
on Kiel (here). (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"On 13 June 1943 60 B-17s from the USAAF attacked the U-boat installations in Kiel. 16 B-17s from 95th BG flew at the front in the formation which had already  been attacked on their way to the target.
As usual the German fighters particularly attacked the front of the formation. Before it had passed the target 7-8 B-17s from 95th BG were lost. One B-17 out of control crashed into another, and only 6 B-17s from 95th BG made it back to base - and one of them was destroyed in a forced landing. Due to the violent battle nobody in the area observed this plane being lost. A few days later the bodies of 4 crew members were washed ashore on the south coast of Lolland. Then the loss was a reality."
(FT 86-89-14)

2nd Lt Edward A. Lawton was found at Rødby Harbour and buried in Svinø Churchyard on 17 June 1943. (Source: FAF)  
In 1948 he and other American airmen from Svinø were taken to Ardennes American Cemetery in BELGIUM to be transferred to the USA. (Source: FAF)  
He stills rests there. He entered the Service from Massachusetts. Buried at Ardennes American Cemetery Plot B Row 39 Grave 16 in BELGIUM.
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC) See Monument to 46 American airmen.

B17 4229702 * B17 423286 * B17 4230118 * B17 4229675 * B17 423187 * B17 4230164 all crashed in parts of the Baltic Sea.
See a drawing of the crew of a B-17, Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk and B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.
This B-17 Flying Fortress was from 335 BS, 95 BG, 13 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF. See 95th Bomb Group (H) Memorials Foundation*Mission files*95th Bomb Group, Horham
It took off from RAF Framlingham (Parham) - USAAF Station 153. 10 airmen.