William Herman Leach
MilitaryAssigned 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
- 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: 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: Airfield
- 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 |
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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