Leroy Parent
MilitaryLeroy Parent was a Tail Gunner in the 384th Bomb Group. He was on board B-17 # 42-5848 'Patches', badly damaged during the 30 July 1943 raid on Kassel and which landed at Boxted with 6 crew members injured.
Shot down on 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29800 'Me and My Gal', Leroy Parent was made Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39311920
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16059741 and O-738249
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12081987
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New Jersey, United States | 17 August 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Fort Dix, New Jersey, United States | 24 June 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3. On the forced march from there to Stalag 7A Moosburg, liberated 27 April 1945 by US troops. NARA WWI POW records :"Returned to military control 12 June 1945". |
Died |
7 June 1991 | ||
Mercer County, New Jersey, United States | |||
Buried |
Sutter Cemetery, Sutter, New Jersey |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 840 / MACR 840, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 214, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database