Lazerson Aaron

Name:

Aaron Lazerson

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-795272

Unit:

510th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1943-06-28

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart

Comments:

Aaron Lazerson was born in 1917. He was the son of Jennie Lazerson.

Aaron enlisted on March 21, 1942, in New York. He served in the 510th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy, as a First Lieutenant and Bombardier on the B-17F #42-29843 "The Screwball" during World War II.
On June 28, 1943, his crew took off from Station 110 in Polebrook, England, for a bombing in St-Nazaire, France. Shot down by flak during/after their mission, their plane crashed at the beach of Samzun in Locmaria, France. Five of the crew members were able to bail out, but the remaining members were declared dead and Missing in Action. Their bodies were never recovered. 1Lt Lazerson was one of those who were missing. His name is honored on the Tablets of the Missing in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net, www.abmc.gov