Leonard B Fuller
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 16551 - Lieutenant Leonard B Fuller, 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group. Killed in Action on 7th July 1944. (Photo Source: Wayne Fuller/ Donna...
Leonard Fuller served as a pilot with the 355th Fighter Group. He was Killed in Action (KIA) on 7 July 1944 when his P-51 (serial number 44-13526) was hit by flak near Naumburg, Germany.
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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 Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19110487 (on enlisting)
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
Places
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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| Bethany, NY, USA | 9 May 1921 | Exact dates not yet known | |
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Born |
Bethany, NY, USA | 9 May 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Buffalo, NY, USA | 20 October 1942 | |
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Other Assigned to the 355th Fighter Group |
19 April 1944 | ||
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Other Promoted |
29 May 1944 | In May 30, 1944 letter home he writes " When I got back yesterday I had quite a pleasant surprise. I had no more stepped into the flight room than everyone started congratulating me. What do you know, I am now a first Lt." His May 28th letter makes no mention of it and that was written in the late afternoon or evening. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 7 July 1944 | Aircraft hit by flak near Naumburg, Germany. Eyewitnesses told parents who had visited his grave in Blankenhaim Germany in 1949 that they say him leave his plane and as he descended he appeared to by trying to avoid a barn and his chute collapsed and he fell to his death. He was taken to the "dead house" and 3 days later was buried in the old cemetery in Blankenhaim. |
Revisions
Leonard Fuller served as a pilot with the 355th Fighter Group. He was Killed in Action (KIA) on 7 July 1944 when his P-51 (serial number 44-13526) was hit by flak near Naumburg, Germany.
Family & Friend's who knew Leonard from his childhood in Bethany/Linden, NY
Wayne Fuller-Nephew of Leonard B. Fuller........Batavia, NY
Wayne Fuller-Nephew of Leonard B. Fuller........Batavia, NY
NARA Enlistment record: http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=16&cat=all&tf…
Combined two entries for Leonard B Fuller into a single entry. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6792 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Revised person data and associations. Duplicate entry noted and associations to be removed from duplicate.
