Claude R Leslie
MilitaryShot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #4230033 'Little America. ' Evaded. 10/14/43 on return from Schweinfurt mission, B17#42-5852 'The Natural' ' crashed at Oxfordshire with crew baling out near RAF Oakley. 5 of the crew were injured with all returning.
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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: 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1699192
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot, 547th Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736509
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670732
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
Related videos and documents
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 30176
- Description: Escape and Evasion report by SSgt Claude R Leslie after bailing out of B-17F 42-30033 "LITTLE AMERICA" . All other crew members became POWs
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 30177
- Description: MACR 1335
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dayton, Ohio, USA | ||
Other Evaded |
Germany | 1 December 1943 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1335 / MACR 1335, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 341, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database