Claude Sims Lawson Jr.

Graduating Class
1944

Major
Engineering

Hometown
Birmingham, Alabama

Service & Rank
Army Air Force, Captain

Unit
402nd Bomber Squadron, 502nd Bomber Group

Awards/Citations
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal

Date of Birth
Nov 12, 1920

Date of Death
Aug 27, 1945

Details of Death
Death Non-Battle - Plane crash in the Pacific.

Burial Details
Buried at the National Memorial of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI, in Plot Q, Grave 866

Barrow Stone Location
SE

Additional Information

Accident report #46-8-27-512

Aircraft Model: B-29

AC Nickname: Temper Eleven

S/N # 44-83899

Organization:

Location: NW Field, Guam

Group no. 502 B VH

Place of Departure: NW Field, Guam

Target or intended destination: Isley Field, Siapan

Type of Mission: Delivery of a load of supplies

Date: 27 August 1945

Time: 00:37

Location of Crash: 5 mi. NNE of Isley Field, Siapan

Reason aircraft was Lost: Crash when trying to land

Number of Persons aboard aircraft: 11

Narrative of eyewitness statements:

The B-29 aircraft departed from Northwest Field, Guam at 2247 on a flight to Isley Field, Siapan to deliver a load of supplies. A routine take-off and flight followed as far as can be known.
The B-29 made a few attempts at landing at Isley Field, but was unable to do so successfully.
The plane crashed about five miles NNE of the field at the elevation of about 800 feet.

Claude Lawson