Richard Leon Lemanski
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 57187 - S/Sgt Richard Leon Lemanski, 490BG
Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Fellows crew. Shot down near Paris on a tactical bombing mission to Tournan-in-Brie, France in B-24 44-40464 22-Jun-44; shot down by flak and crashed at Louviers. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5936
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New Boston, MI | 8 July 1923 | Son of Frank J. and Wanda [Saksewski] Lemanski. |
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Enlisted |
26 January 1943 | ||
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Louviers, France | 22 June 1944 | |
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Based |
Eye | 22 June 1944 | Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Saint Joseph Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, MI | Saint Joseph Cemetery Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- 490th Bomb Group Unit ;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5936 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
