William Herman Leach

Military

Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bernburg in B-17 42-31612 22-Feb-44; shot down by flak, crew baled out and pilot made a wheels up landing near Aachen. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2657





Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36159440 / O-803734
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Joplin, Missouri, USA 10 July 1920 Son of Robert Harley and Mabel Elora [Jobe] Leach.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 22 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

8 January 1980

Buried

Carl Junction Cemetery Carl Junction, Jasper County, MO 11 January 1980 Carl Junction Cemetery Carl Junction, Jasper County, Missouri

Based

Polebrook 22 February 1944 Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2657 / MACR 2657, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database