Leon Charles Seman

Military

Assigned to 742BS, 455th BG, 15AF USAAF. 20+ combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bucharest, Romania in B-24 41-28640 'Raunchy'; Crashed Draconesti, Romania 21-Apr-44 Wounded by 20mm cannon shrapnel and burnt in fire. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 4387



Awards: POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

455th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Meriwether Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 455th Bomb Group 742nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-448999
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28640

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Raunchy
  • Unit: 455th Bomb Group 742nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Green Lake, WI 22 August 1922 Son of Martha Seman.

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI 6 November 1942 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Other

Baled out POW

Dracesti, Romania 21 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Bucharest, Romania in B-24 41-28640 'Raunchy'; Crashed Draconesti, Romania 21-Apr-44 POW MACR 4387

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

21 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW)

Died

Princeton, WI 9 January 2002

Buried

Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Princeton, Green Lake County, WI 12 January 2002 Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery Princeton, Green Lake County, Wisconsin

Based

San Giovanni 21 April 1944 Assigned to 742BS, 455th BG, 15AF USAAF.

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