Leo B McGrath

Military

On 8-Mar-44 in B-17G #42-31471 "Doolittle's Destroyers" while serving as Pilot his aircraft was damaged by flak near Berlin and later attacked by ME109s on a mission to Erkner, Germany. The entire crew bailed out and were captured as Prisoners of War.



NOTE: The entry COMBINES data from Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database



POW

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

William Percival Nicholson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31471

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Doolittle's Destroyers
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 8 March 1944 - 4 July 1945 Held at Stalag Luft 1, Barth-Vogelsang, Prussia. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 4-Jul-45.

Born

Oxnard, California

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 14-Feb-2015. Added SN per MACR 2908; added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Edited Biography base on "The Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE; added NOTE on combination of data from duplicate by Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2908, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces