Leonard Rollin Pierce
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 20939 - 1st Lt Leonard R Pierce 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Entered active duty 4-Dec-42. Won his wings and received his commission Oct-43. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 3 'kills': 1 ME-109; 1 Dornier 217; 1 Henkel 111. Also damaged 1 ME-110 and often ground targets. Developed mechanical trouble, bailed out and presumed drowned in the North Sea 13-May-44 while on a 'withdrawal support' mission. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Canandaigua, NY 14424, USA | 6 March 1920 | Son of Rollin Melvin and Alice Marie [Partise] Pierce. |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 9 March 1944 - 13 May 1944 | Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 13 May 1944 | Developed mechanical trouble, bailed out and presumed drowned in the North Sea 13-May-44 while on a 'withdrawal support' mission. Killed in Action (KIA). |
| Canandaigna, New York, USA | |||
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- ABMC, ;
-MACR 4810, ;
- relatives, Wall of Valor;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia /;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
MACR 4810 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
