Clement F Leone
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 30958 - Technical Sergeant Clement F Leone portrait; battle gear
Arrived in England December 1943. Completed 5 missions. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Hardenburg, Holland on a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7567 'Wacky Donald'. Bailed out, landed in Holland. Was with Dutch Underground six months. Started back to England, got as far as Brussells, Belgium, was turned in by a collaborator. Spent 11 months in prison at Luft IV.
Earlier, 29 December 1943 accident in B24#42-7550 which crashed near Alltebridge after an uncontrollable fire forced the crew to bale out. The pilot Donald Hansen did not have time to escape. A/C was ib a diversion flight from Tibenham. 1KNO 8 RTD
PH/ AM/ POW/ ETO w/ battle star
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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: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-681317
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6243398
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-806440
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 24 February 1944
- Date: 29 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Baltimore, Maryland, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 24 February 1944 |
Revisions
Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe, Section # 28 Baptism, page unknown
Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe; Hooper and Leone travelled together through Antwerp, Belgium evading enemy soldiers, attempting to escape enemy-occupied territory.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2553 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 443
