Ira Leonard Ball
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 24 Dec 1944 in B-17G #43-37569. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 December 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fairview, Oklahoma, USA | 13 July 1922 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
4920 Aywaille, Belgium | 24 December 1944 | He was a pilot in the 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group. He was killed in action on 24 Dec 1944 when B-17G 43-37569 was shot down by German fighters near Liege, Belgium. Most of the wreckage of the aircraft fell in the Ambleve river at 'le Gouffre' near Aywaille, Belgium. The tail section fell near the hamlet of Septroux, near Aywaille (MACR 11559). |
Buried |
Plot A, Row 7, Grave 11 |
Revisions
ContributorPaulWebber
Changes
Sources
1. Middle name 'Leonard' from 1940 U.S. Census
2. Rank 'First Lieutenant' recorded in MACR 11559. Date of rank: 30 August 1944, from 487th Bomb Group records.
3. Biographic sketch and full sources on findagrave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55881523
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
ABMC, MACR 11559 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11559 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database