Leonard C Palmer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 57534
Leonard Charles Palmer
Navigator
John H. Wunder Crew - Crew #427
466th BG - 784th BS - 8th AF
KIA - 21 June 1944
Navigator
John H. Wunder Crew - Crew #427
466th BG - 784th BS - 8th AF
KIA - 21 June 1944
Killed in Action (KIA)
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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: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-693444
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cheyenne, Wyoming | 12 January 1923 | |
Died |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 21 June 1944 | A/C loaded with incendiary bombs crashed shortly after takeoff. 8 of 10 on board were KIA |
Buried/ Commemorated |
Arlington National Cemetery | 16 July 1948 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA Plot: Sec: 12, Site: 3991 |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 923 Richardson Street |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia