William Lawrence PAVLOVSKY

Married

1 Son

Brother : Jim

Source : F Lavernhe

P-38 Lightning - type J-15-LO - s/n 43-28706

Macr : 9052

Mission : Armed recognition on Tours (37)

Takeoff station 406  Andover, Hampshire

Shots by  flak - 14h20

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  St André de l'Eure N°3572

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

Young 25-year-old American pilot of a P38J-15-LO Lightning registered 43-28706, coded: 9D.
Belonged to the 401th Fighter Squadron of the 370th Fighter Group.

He had left from the base of Andover UK, for a reconnaissance / bombing mission over Touraine.

the aircraft was hit by light flak fire from the ground when he was about to drop his bombs. probably also hit by the bombs dropped by his wingman, Lt Childs.

Lt Pavlovsky evacuated his plane, but probably too low.

The parachute did not fully deploy; he fell heavily while crossing the roof of a barn, causing his death, at a place called La Jugeraie in Ste Maure de Touraine, Indre and Loire.

The burial place is not registered, but probably in the municipal cemetery.

His body was raised in August 1946 and buried in the US Military Cemetery of St André de l'Eure, Plot H, Row 7, grave 139.

Finally and definitively buried in Normandy American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 11, grave 28

Source : Lanouvellerepublique.fr