Leigh O Mann
MilitaryAssigned May 1944.
29 July 1944: Mann was injured when Lt Lyle's plane crashed just short of the base. Three crewmen were killed and another was seriously wounded. Radio man C. D. Terry recalled, "about 4-5 minutes before the relea
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gin Rickey
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7827; Snetterton Falcons, pg 151, 178