Leroy Warren Mead
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 391BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Lewis crew member. Flying with Eastman crew, Failed to Return Tourre in B-24 42-52738 'Wilson' 7-Jun-44; enemy fighter followed A/C back to home base, shot down in landing circuit. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19033449 / O-687012
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wilson
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Sharon, OK | 20 September 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK | 25 July 1942 | |
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Died |
7 June 1944 | Son of Carl N and Bertha E Mead. | |
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Buried |
8 June 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
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Based |
Mendlesham | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 391BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Elmwood Cemetery Woodward, Woodward County, OK | Re-Interred Elmwood Cemetery Woodward, Woodward County, OK |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/318227482
https://www.fold3.com/image/612462283
https://www.fold3.com/record/90326541-leroy-w-mead
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763389?rec=299404653
http://valortovictory.tripod.com/b24s/42-52738.htm
http://valortovictory.tripod.com/Originalcrews.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66340173/leroy-w_-mead
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 3 by Bishop & Hey p. 344