Leonard Earl Lonigan
Military
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UPL 50821
2Lt Len Lonigan, USAAF
From the private collection of the Lonigan family.
Assigned to 734BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. On 17-Oct-44 on mission to Cologne in B-24 42-95312, AC received flak damage causing fuel to leak. After 3 engines quit crew baled out inside friendly lines and all returned to base. RTD
Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19128611 / O-699686
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lucky Penny
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oakland, CA | 24 June 1921 | Son of Will Leonard and Clara W Lonigan. |
Enlisted |
Eugene, OR | 14 May 1942 | Eugene, Oregon |
Other Baled out RTD |
Spa, Belgium | 17 October 1944 | On 17-Oct-44 on mission to Cologne in B-24 42-95312, AC received flak damage causing fuel to leak. After 3 engines quit crew baled out inside friendly lines and all returned to base. RTD |
Douglas County, OR | |||
Based |
Old Buckenham | Assigned to 734BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Page 334 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition, D790.A2S45