Leon M Grisham
Military
Cropped from newspaper clipping
Object Number - UPL 75849 - Picture Leon Grisham
78th FG, 84th FS: On 3rd February 1945 1st Lt Leon Grisham, aged 23 and from Fort Worth, Texas, was shot down in his P-51 near Luneburg Airfield after making four passes and destroying three Nazi aircraft. His last radio transmission was a request that fellow pilots see that he received credit for the German aircraft he destroyed. A claim report was later turned in for him with supporting statements by other fliers.
Prisoner of War (POW). Crashed near Klaasch on 3rd February 1945 in P-51 #4463182
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
3 February 1945 |
Revisions
Lonnie was my brother in law. I knew him since the early 1970's. Joe McQuade
78th FG Monthly History, 0248, February 1945: 1st Lt Brian Hosford, Air Corps Historian
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12166 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
