Leo Edward Stephens
Military
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UPL 52434
Sgt Leo Edward Stephens, 448BG.
Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. 2nd combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg in B-24 42-50459 with Buxton crew 16-Aug-44; hit by flak and crashed at Gerwisch Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8426
Awards: PH, GC, POW, WWII Victory, American Campaign, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-705311
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Rosemount, Minnesota | 25 September 1920 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 16 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
Hennepin County, MN | 16 June 1997 | |
Buried |
West Oak Grove Cemetery Oak Grove, Anoka County, MN | 19 June 1997 | West Oak Grove Cemetery Oak Grove, Anoka County, Minnesota |
Based |
Seething | 16 August 1944 | Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / widow, MACR 8426