Marla Andrews, daughter of U.S. Army Air Forces Capt.

Marla Andrews, daughter of U.S. Army Air Forces Capt. Lawrence Dickson, follows her father’s casket at the Fort Myer Old Post Chapel, at Fort Myer, Virginia, during his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, March 22, 2019. Dickson, 24, of New York, New York, was a pilot and Tuskegee Airman killed during World War II. He was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on July 26, 2018. In December 1944, Dickson was a pilot with the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, in the European Theater. On Dec.23, 1944, Dickson departed Ramitelli Air Base, Italy on an aerial reconnaissance mission toward Praha, Czechoslovakia. On his return, Dickson’s P-51D aircraft suffered engine failure and was seen to crash along the borders of Italy and Austria, reportedly between Malborghetto and Tarviso, Italy. According to witnesses, Dickson’s plane had rolled over with the canopy jettisoned. He was not observed ejecting from the plane. Dickson’s remains were not recovered and he was subsequently declared missing in action. Dickson is the first Tuskegee Airman to be accounted for from those missing in action. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kristen Duus, DPAA)