Leroy Andrews
Military35 combat missions and 2 other missions7
Air Medal w/7 Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct, EAME Ribbon
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Packawalup III
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Ironsides
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fancy Nancy IV
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Morning Star, Tail End Charlie
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Aw Come On
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 31 December 1944
- Date: 30 December 1944
- Date: 24 December 1944
- Date: 19 December 1944
- Date: 12 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Wataug, Tennessee | 19 August 1924 | |
Died |
9 June 1990 | ||
Buried |
Alexandria, Virginia |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son