Leon Schapiro
Military
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UPL 46869
Leon Schipero
Removed associated people who are not depicted in the image. Associations should be made in the PERSON record.
Shot down by flak and crashed at Dreux on 6/22/44 in B17 'Sequatchiee' Prisoner of War (POW)
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: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-2066
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36709284
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sequatchiee
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Baltimore, Maryland, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 22 June 1944 |
Revisions
Contributorpamccolgan
Changes
Sources
222nd combat crew training school: Army air field Ardmore, Oklahoma. (1944). Baton Rouge, LA: Army and Navy Pub. of Louisiana.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5927 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database