Leonard Baumgartner
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed on Regensburg mission 17-8-43 aboard B17 42-30434 "Betty Boop - The Pistol Packin' Mama". 'Betty Boop' landed in Nth Africa. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
Connections
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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 350th Bomb Squadron 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-425146
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Betty Boop - The Pistol Packin Mama
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: North Africa American Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
South Dr, Scott AFB, IL 62225, USA | 30 September 1942 | Scott Field Illinois |
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Died |
Regensburg, Germany | 17 August 1943 | Killed on Regensburg mission 17-8-43 aboard B17 42-30434 "Betty Boop - The Pistol Packin' Mama". 'Betty Boop' landed in Nth Africa. Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Born |
Dupage County, IL, USA | ||
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Buried |
North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial | North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage, Tunis | |
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Based |
Framlingham | 17 August 1943 | Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/529881691-leonard-baumgartner
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763133?terms=Leonard%20Baumgartner
https://www.fold3.com/record/89710274-leonard-a-baumgartner
http://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=36041
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/44497704/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56245527/leonard-baumgartner
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 506by Bishop & Hey, ABMC