Leslie Earl Meader
Military
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Object Number - UPL 15298
Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-17 #42-30789 'Flak Suit' of 388th Bomb Group/563rd Bomb Squadron. Leslie Meader landed in the vicinity of Lokeren and was quickly captured on 5 November 1943 with four others (Bramwell, Current, Smith and Sage). He found himself with them in the cellars of the Kommandantur in the city of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. Separated from the others he was sent to Stalag XVIIB in Braunau near Krems, Austria. Prisoner of War (POW).
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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: 100th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19081294 and O-740736
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19053337
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12038016 and O-802258
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37428551
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34362270
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Suit
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Detroit, Michigan, United States | 12 January 1920 | the son of Earl Edgar Meader and Mildred Peterson |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Braunau am Inn, Austria | 5 November 1943 | NARA WWII POW database : "Stalag 17B Braunau near Krems, Austria" |
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Enlisted |
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Buried |
Hazelwood Cemetery, Bayport, Minnesota, United States |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 3137
Meader family website http://www.uky.edu/Education/Alumni/spring2001/lelandsmith.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3137 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
