Leonard Leroy Ehlers
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
94th BG - 410th BS
Object Number - UPL 44032 - PVT (later SSGT) Leonard Leroy Ehlers 94th BG - 410th BS
Killed in Service (KIS) when plane piloted by Lieutenant. Walt Sutherland was ferrying equipment to Germany. Crashed in canyon. All crew killed.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-819338
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron 833rd Bomb Squadron 839th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Sioux City, IA | 18 December 1911 | |
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Died |
Vils, Reutte Bezirk, Tyrol (Tirol), Austria | 16 July 1945 | |
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Buried |
Louisville, KY | 18 August 1949 | Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Plot E, 129-130 |
| Omaha, NE |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
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Sources
Combat Chronology, Lingering Contrails of the Big Square A p. 319 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
