Leslie T Breidenthal

Military

23 Sept 1943 Nantes mission 'last seen burning but was under control 5 chutes seen. ' Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

379th Bomb Group

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

525th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-29937

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Kimbolton airfield looking west, the bomb dump and technical site with a T2 hangar is on the left, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/635. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Stalag Luft III

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Tecumseh, Kansas, USA
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	France	23 September 1943

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Tecumseh, Kansas, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France

23 September 1943

Revisions

Date22 Feb 2018 12:15:07

ContributorLucy May

Changes

Sources

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=47501

Date27 Sep 2014 18:18:44

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1051 / MACR; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 280 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database