Leolass C Stewart

Military

Assigned to 840BS, 483BG,15AF USAAF. Leolass was "Killed In Action" over the Ploesti Oil Complex, Romania during the war when his B-17 was shot down by enemy flak.

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed "Whizzer II" goes down over Nis in Yugoslavia on the 15th of April 1944 in a gout of flame after taking a direct flak hit. There were no survivors. Official caption on image: "(483BG:4M3:2VI) (4:15:1208) (24:21300) ([south-west arrow] 140 [degrees]) (Nis M/Y Yugo) (Ship 111 816 Sq)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/4/44. 483BG, 15AF. Nis, Yugoslavia. 42-5786

483rd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

840th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102429

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron

42-29696

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Fort Alamo II
Unit: 416th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group

Places

Amendola

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	13 December 1924	Born Los Angeles, California
Enlisted	24 March 1943	Enlisted Los Angeles, California
Died	15 July 1944	Died Ploesti, Romania
Buried	1 January 1948	Interred Rose Hills Memorial Park Whittier, Los Angeles County, California