Laurence Carbee Craigie[a] (January 26, 1902 – February 27, 1994), was an American aviator and United States Air Force general.

[1] He graduated from Stoneham, Massachusetts High School in 1919, and the U.S. Military Academy in June 1923, being commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Service.

[2] In February 1929, Craigie went to France Field, Panama Canal Zone, where he was an Engineering Officer with the 7th Observation Squadron.

In June 1939, he graduated from the Army Industrial College and assigned as assistant executive of the Experimental Engineering Section at Wright-Patterson with rank of major.

In October 1942, Craigie, then a colonel, became the first pilot of the Armed Forces to fly a jet-propelled plane when he piloted the XP-59 on its initial flight at Muroc Dry Lake, California, March 1943 he was assigned briefly to the 1st Fighter Command at Mitchel Field, New York, and the following month took command of the Boston Air Defense Wing in Massachusetts.

He went to Corsica in the North African Theater in March 1944 as commander of the 12th Air Force's 63rd Fighter Wing.

In November 1951, he returned to U.S. Air Force Headquarters in Washington as Deputy Chief of Staff for Research and Development.

Craigie received the Air Medal and two awards of the Legion of Merit for his World War II service.