Leonard Piepgras
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Parchim in B-17 42-97071 'Candys Dandy' 7-Apr-45; fighter collided with plane near Hannover. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15327
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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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: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13081857 / O-812544
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Andy's Dandys
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
O'Brien County, IA | 12 February 1923 | Son of John and Hulda [Ebert] Piepgras. |
Enlisted |
20 February 1943 | ||
Died |
Hanover, Germany | 7 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Parchim in B-17 42-97071 'Candys Dandy' 7-Apr-45; fighter collided with plane near Hannover. KIA MACR 15327 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thorpe Abbotts | 7 April 1945 | Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Slayton Cemetery Slayton, Murray County, MN | Slayton Cemetery Slayton, Murray County, Minnesota |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Served with 388th Bomb Group and then 100th Bomb Group https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=personnel&id=4130…
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13718 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database