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Staff Sergeant Leo J. Hoffman, Jr., Left Waist Gunner, 68th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group (heavy) The Flying Eightballs. KIA 21 July 1944.

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Units

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Leo Joseph Hoffman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13173525
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Date:
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to person associations
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Connected up to airman's record

Date:
Contributorskline
ChangesChanges to caption, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

History of the 68th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, The Flying Eightballs, researched and compiled by Webb C. Todd, available online at https://user.xmission.com/~44thbgva/68thsquadronhistory.pdf.

Date:
Contributorskline
ChangesCreated entry with caption
Sources

Find A Grave website at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53883325. Photograph from newspaper, added to website by Joel Frampton Gilfert.