Leo Irvin Lingenfelter | American Air Museum

Leo Irvin Lingenfelter

Military

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. ETD

Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

612th Bomb Squadron

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

People

William E Chapman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
Role/Job: waist gunner

Kenneth C Wells

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-?
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31087

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Heaven Can Wait, Boche Buster
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-31511

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Fools Luck III
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Friends Cove, Bedford County, PA	15 January 1920	Son of Ira and Estella Blanche [Lewis] Lingenfelter
Enlisted		9 October 1941
Other Discharged USAAF		9 October 1945	Honourable discharge.
Enlisted		21 December 1945
Other Discharged USAF		26 August 1971	Honourable discharge.
Died	Columbus, OH	8 May 1986
Buried	Bedford County Memorial Park Bedford, Bedford County, PA	11 May 1986	Bedford County Memorial Park Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Based	Deenethorpe		Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date21 Sep 2021 17:14:56

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/540672651
https://www.fold3.com/record/18086019/leo-lingenfelter-social-security-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/86764503/leo-i-lingenfelter-wwii-army-enli…
https://www.fold3.com/record/625065893/leo-lingenfelter-1920-veterans-a…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1360
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111097306/leo-i-lingenfelter

Date27 Sep 2014 18:18:28

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1360