Lester Arthur Leonard
MilitaryAssigned to 339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 27-Sep-43 over Emden, Germany in B-17 42-30792. 20mm cannon shells destroyed the nose and cockpit. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-000072
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Webster City, Iowa | 13 December 1921 | Born Webster City, Iowa |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, Illinois | 25 May 1942 | Enlisted Chicago, Illinois |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Emden, Germany | 27 September 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) Emden, Germany |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Liege, Belgium | 1 January 1946 | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium |
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Buried Memorialised |
Graceland Cemetery Webster City, Iowa | 1 January 1948 | Memorialised Graceland Cemetery Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56359401/lester-a-leonard
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112326185/lester-arthur-leonard
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 756 / MACR 756; Snetterton Falcons, pg 59 and 62 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database