Thomas Rae Leslie
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 57173
2ndLt Thomas R Leslie
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Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Klein Machnow, Berlin in B-17 42-3173 'Lucky Lee' 6-Mar-44; shot down by massive fighter attacks and crashed W of Vechta, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3020
Awards: AM (OLC), 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: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucky Lee
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Detroit, MI | 17 June 1941 | Detroit, Michigan |
Died |
Vechta, Germany | 6 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Klein Machnow, Berlin in B-17 42-3173 'Lucky Lee' 6-Mar-44; shot down by massive fighter attacks and crashed W of Vechta, Germany. KIA MACR 3020 |
Born |
Detroit, Michigan, USA | Son of William and Sarah Leslie. Husband to Joan T McCormack. | |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot D, Row 18, Grave 13 | |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thorpe Abbotts | 6 March 1944 | Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3020 / MACR 3020, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database