William C Leasure
Military
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FRE 3480
First Lieutenant W.C. Leasure a navigator of the 91st Bomb Group. Passed for publication 1 Feb 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Some of the airmen from America who are taking part in the daily raids on enemy occupied territory and Germany, in their giant high altitude aircraft, the "Flying Fortress", capable of carrying a 10,000 pound bomb load.' Printed caption also attached: 'Photo shows - 1st Lieut. W.C. Leasure (Clymer, Penn.), Navigator.' On reverse: US Army Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamp]. Print No: 246372
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Flew on 'Jack The Ripper', interviewed in Silent Heroes Among Us
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jack The Ripper
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, Silent Heroes Among Us ISBN 1-884687-07-5