Leonard George Geier
MilitaryAssigned to 765BS, 461BG, 8AF USAAF. 15 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-50953 'Flying Finger'; A/C downed by fighters. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10677
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35540229 / O-709511 / O-56544
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Flying Finger
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bronx, NY | 30 April 1924 | Son of Samuel and Nina Geier. |
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 19 October 1942 | New York City, New York |
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Other Baled out POW |
Muglitz, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-50953 'Flying Finger'; A/C downed by fighters. POW MACR 10677 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Pinellas County, FL | 12 July 2015 | |
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Buried |
Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, FL | 15 July 2015 | Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, FL |
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Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 765BS, 461BG, 8AF USAAF. |