Leo W Hecht

Military
media-14528.jpeg UPL 14528 Cecil Johnson Crew. Standing: Joseph VanBibber - B, Charles Bosshardt - N, Leo Hecht - CP, Cecil Johnson - P
Kneeling: James Scott - E, George MacArthur - TG, Charles Walker - RO, Leslie Karl - WG, William Gann - WG, Ernest DeVries - NTG

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Object Number - UPL 14528 - Cecil Johnson Crew. Standing: Joseph VanBibber - B, Charles Bosshardt - N, Leo Hecht - CP, Cecil Johnson - P Kneeling: James Scott - E, George...

Died in the crash of B24 44-40283, “Lassie Come Home.” This was his first mission, and he was actually a member of another crew, standing in for the regular co-pilot on this mission.

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Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40283) nicknamed "Lassie Come Home" of the 458th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '44-40283- Lassie Come Home- Tracy Pilot.'

44-40283

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

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Died

Spynke Road, Norwich, Norfolk NR3 2SE, UK 14 January 1945

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Page 276 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 &

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Leo W Hecht: Gallery (4 items)

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40283) nicknamed "Lassie Come Home" of the 458th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '44-40283- Lassie Come Home- Tracy Pilot.'

Object number: FRE 1926 - The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44...

Object number: UPL 14517 - Plaque on 14 Spynke Road, Norwich, near the place...

Object number: UPL 14526 - Diehl Crew, "Lassie Come Home"

Object number: UPL 14528 - Cecil Johnson Crew. Standing: Joseph VanBibber - B...