Leroy Hill

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media-23103.png UPL 23103 John H. Davis' Crew. This photo was taken on 28th July 1944, before the crew set off on mission no. 56 to Merseburg, Germany.
Back Row, L-R:
Pilot-1st Lt. John H. Davis
Co-pilot-2nd Lt. Edwin D. Stewart
Navigator-2nd Lt. Samuel Sass
Bombardier-2nd Lt. John B. Guarisco
Front Row, L-R:
Gunner-S/Sgt. Leroy Whitehead
Radio-T/Sgt. Raymond J. Walrath
Ball Turret-S/Sgt. Frank Macyda
Engineer-T/Sgt. Leroy Hill
Gunner-S/Sgt. Daniel Lewis

398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.

Object Number - UPL 23103 - John H. Davis' Crew. This photo was taken on 28th July 1944, before the crew set off on mission no. 56 to Merseburg, Germany. Back Row,...

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102565

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Ugly Duckling
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron

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Distinguished Flying Cross Award: General Orders No. 218

4 August 1944 - 4 August 1944 For extraordinary achievement while serving as Engineer of a B-17 airplane on a number of combat bombardment missions over Germany and German occupied countries

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https://www.398th.org/Awards/DFC/DFC_Citations/DFCs_440804.html

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398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.

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398th History, Vol 1 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 23103 - John H. Davis' Crew. This photo was taken on 28th...