Leo Daniel McLaughlin
Military
page 21 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147878662
Object Number - UPL 44224 - Leo McLaughlin’s Dog Tag on page 21 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147878662 (NARA)
Shot down 20 May 1944 in B-17 #42-37864. Prisoner of War (POW).
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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: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35201269
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16037453 at enlistment, then O-568222
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12120493 at enlistment, then O-700733
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35549145
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33261086
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Marty
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Atlanta, Georgia | 4 January 1922 | Alabama, United States |
|
Enlisted |
20 February 1943 | San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, San Antonio, Texas | |
|
Other Bailed out |
20 May 1944 | of B-17 #42-37864 over Holland, landed in Belgium | |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
20 May 1944 | captured in Belgium. Interned at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Liberated by US troops at Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany | |
|
Died |
26 July 1994 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Fulton County, Georgia |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 4938
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
KU-1916 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147878662 (NARA)
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4938
