Leo A Carey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21823.png UPL 21823 Leo A. Carey
445th BG , 703rd BS

A. L. DESTRO II

Object Number - UPL 21823 - Leo A. Carey 445th BG , 703rd BS

Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-24 #4129132 'Tenovus'. Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tenovus
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

13 April 1944

Born

Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

Buried

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Liège, Belgium 13 April 1944

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Updated Burial Location per information from Finda-A-Grave Memorial #56279950.

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Updated metals per Description for Flight Officer Carey at the American Air Museum of Britain.

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A. L. DESTRO II

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ABMC, MACR 3830 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3830 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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