LeRoy P Schwab

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Crashed near Wiesbaden in B-17 'Gremlin' #43-38274, Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

390th Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (TS-C, serial number 42-9768) of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off in front of another B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-Z) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

569th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38274

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Gallopin’ Gremlin
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Oakland, California, USA
Died Killed in Action (KIA)	Germany	24 December 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Oakland, California, USA

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany

24 December 1944

Revisions

Date29 Mar 2023 21:24:51

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Added a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:18:21

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11117 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database