Pilot Lawrence E. Dickson went down in his fighter and was missing for seven decades.
Marla L. Andrews, right, watches an honor guard lower the casket carrying the remains of her father, Capt. Lawrence E. Dickson, on Friday at Arlington National Cemetery. Dickson was killed in 1944. By Michael E. Ruane Michael E. Ruane Reporter covering local news, Washington institutions and historical topics Email Bio Follow March 22 at 4:07 PM Nearly 75 years after his fighter plane crashed in Austria, Capt. Lawrence E.
It was a solemn farewell for a daughter who cherished a father she never knew — she was 2 when he died — and who lamented the life she might have had. A photograph of Capt. Lawrence E. Dickson on the wall in his daughter Marla Andrews's home in East Orange, N.J. Dickson, who was 24 when he went down, joined the Army Air Forces from New York and was a member of the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group.
More than 400 served in combat, flying patrol and strafing missions and escorting bombers from bases in North Africa and Italy. The tail sections of their fighter planes were painted a distinctive red. An honor guard carries the casket of Capt. Lawrence E. Dickson. The Army also gave Andrews a remnant of a harmonica that was found at the crash site, and a small cross.
He was leading a three-Mustang escort of a fast but unarmed photo reconnaissance plane, according to the account of a wingman, 2nd Lt. Robert L. Martin, many years later.
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