Leon Williams
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 13 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24498 while serving as Waist Gunner the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-17F 41-24471 "Four of a Kind" 306BG/369BS just north of the intended target at Lille, France. He was unable to escape the doomed aircraft and died in the crash. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Connections
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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: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17024209 / O-442297
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 13 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Marcq-en-Barœul, France | 13 January 1943 | Killed when the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with another B-17 just north of the intended target at Lille, France. Aircraft crashed at Marcq-en-Baroeul, France. |
Born |
Stephens County, Georgia | ||
Buried |
Dinozé, France | Buried in the Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 7, Grave 53. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 20-Jan-2015. Added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added crew position and SN per MACR 15634.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 63, MACR 15502 , National Archives, ABMC