Leander Alois Haschke

Military
Lieutenant Paul Bensel and his crew of the 388th Bomb Group stand with a bomb, personally addressed to Hitler, and their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5954) nicknamed "Mister Yank II" before the Regensburg Raid, August 1943. A B-17 nicknamed "Homesick Angel" is visible in the background. media-380292.jpg FRE 1487 Paul Bensel Crew
388th BG - 562nd BS

Standing Left to Right: Robert B. Leventhal (N), Paul P. Bensel (P), Phillip H. Pick (B), Glenn E. Kofoed (CP)

Kneeling Left to Right: Glinford E. Walls (LWG), Victor J. Stackniewicz (BTG), Leander A. Haschke (FE), Bonnie Skloss (WG), Kenneth R. Willis (R/O), James H. Cruchon (TG)


Lieutenant Paul Bensel and his crew of the 388th Bomb Group stand with a bomb, personally addressed to Hitler, and their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5954) nicknamed "Mister Yank II" before the Regensburg Raid, August 1943. A B-17 nicknamed "Homesick Angel" is visible in the background. Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1487 - Paul Bensel Crew 388th BG - 562nd BS Standing Left to Right: Robert B. Leventhal (N), Paul P. Bensel (P), Phillip H. Pick (B), Glenn E. Kofoed...

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Cedar Rapids, Nebraska 14 July 1920
Umbarger, TX 16 February 1942

Other

388th BG Combat Tour

Knettishall, UK 24 July 1943 - 26 September 1943 15 Combat Missions

Died

Amarillo, TX 28 November 2003

Buried

Umbarger, TX 1 December 2003 Saint Mary's Cemetery Umbarger, Randall County, Texas, USA

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