Leonard T Ryerson

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media-18930.jpeg UPL 18930 P/O Leonard T Ryerson 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF later 2nd Lt 336th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 18930 - P/O Leonard T Ryerson 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF later 2nd Lt 336th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF.

Joined RAFVR, shipped overseas, assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, Transferred to 336FS 4FG 8AF USAAF.

Killed in Action (KIA) 26 September 1942. Crashed near Morlaix, France, out of fuel in Spitfire Mk IX BS275.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

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Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

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Lee Cunningham 16-Nov-2014. KIA location event and burial info edit.

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Lee Cunningham 28-Oct-2014. Connection to mission within web-site data.

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Lee Cunningham 22-Oct-2014. American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)

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ABMC, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces by Bishop and Hey, p. 32 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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