Major C Leach
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) 5 January 1944 in P-47C #41-6331. Missing In Action. Date of death recorded as a year and a day after he went missing. Major Leach's name is on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery.
Earlier on April 15, 1943, as a F/O was involved in a training accident in P-47 41-6272 with squadron mate LeRoy Dodd.
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 83rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-792816
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
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Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/78th-fighter-group/
https://www.armyaircorpsmuseum.org/missing-in-action/leach-major-mia-10…
Corrected year of death from 1945 to 1944
ABMC, MACR 1737, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p. 103 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1737 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list