Leonard Norman Gallaway
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-24 #4263987. Killed in Action (KIA). From MIA report and POW's reports, he had his parachute off. Firing gun. Plane was hit, he was hit in leg. Couldn't get parachute on and when plane blew up he was still inside. Later found with other crew members, citizens buried them in mass grave in Herresbach, later disinterred.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Southwind
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota | 21 September 1921 | Minnesota |
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Died |
Herresbach, Belgium | 1 December 1943 | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
herresback Belgium | 1 December 1943 - 1 December 1943 | Destination Solingen, plane blew up over Herresbach, Belgium. Buried in mass grave there. Later disinterred and brought back to USA. |
Revisions
MIA report of Southwind. POW reports from survivors in his military records.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2178 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
