Vernon C DeLeon

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Vernon DeLeon UPL 67838 UPL 67838 S/Sgt Vernon C. DeLeon

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Object Number - UPL 67838 - S/Sgt Vernon C. DeLeon

Assigned to 734BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. Mid Air Collision and crashed at Darmsheim in B-24 42-95171 'Diana Mite'. Killed in Action (KIA)

 

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Frank Gengler

Frank Theodore Gengler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693033
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Diana Mite

42-95171

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Diana-Mite
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Union City, New Jersey 11 July 1920 Born Union City, New Jersey

Enlisted

San Francisco, California 9 April 1943 Enlisted San Francisco, California

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Darmsheim, Germany 21 July 1944 Killed in Action (KIA) Darmsheim, Germany

Buried

Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, California 28 September 1949 Re-Interred Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, California

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7252 / MACR 7253

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Vernon DeLeon

Object number: UPL 67838 - S/Sgt Vernon C. DeLeon

Crow's Nest and Gengler crew

Object number: UPL 67894 - B-24 42-95303 "Crow's Nest" with Gengler crew, 26...