82nd ERAU Prescott Aviation History Presentation

Authors

Jerry Kidrick

Presentation Host

Jerry Kidrick

Publication/Presentation Date

Spring 2-14-2018

Abstract/Description

A documentary video of Lt. Robert Lawsen'sWW2 service as a B-17 bomber pilot. Starting with his pilot training, then a re-enactment of a complete mission, and parts of 3 others. He served in the 8th Air Force in England during 1944. On his last mission, he was shot down and spent 8 months in German prison camps and escaped to the allied lines just before hostilities ended in Europe on May 8, 1945.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Kidrick, J. (2018). 82nd ERAU Prescott Aviation History Presentation.
Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/aviation-history/55