Leroy Morgan Young
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 47438 - S/Sgt Leroy Morgan Young, 323Bs, 91BG
Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. B-17 42-3213 ditched in North Sea due to mechanical failure on 16-Aug-43. Returned to base.
Shot down 16-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3079, Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW,WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 16 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rome, Georgia | 22 February 1922 | Son of Stewart Nolan and Evie Adelle [Denmon] Young. |
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Enlisted |
Montgomery, AL | 9 July 1940 | Montgomery, Alabama |
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Other Ditched |
North Sea | 16 August 1943 | Ditched in North Sea due to mechanical failure in B-17 42-3213 16-Aug-43. RTD. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 16 September 1943 | Shot down 16-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3079. POW. |
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Other Prisoner Of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft III Żagań, Poland | 16 September 1943 | Prisoner Of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
16 April 1976 | ||
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Buried |
Oaknoll Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, GA | 19 April 1976 | Oaknoll Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, USA. |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 16 September 1943 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial numbers in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor; MACR 550
