Leland Lindsay MacFarlane
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Image courtesy of Colonel L R Poundstone
Object Number - UPL 34821 - 2nd. Lt. Leland MacFarlane – 4th Fighter Group
2nd Lieutenant Leland L Macfarlane of San Francisco served in the 4th Fighter Group (composed of former Eagle squadron volunteers and based at Debden) and was assigned to the 334th Fighter Squadron.
Macfarlane was lost in action during a Group mission over Belgium in May 1943; his P-47D Thunderbolt, 42-7920, was last seen chasing a Messerschmitt 109 over Ghent. He is buried in Epinal Cemetery, France.
Shot down during an engagement near Ghent, Belgium, last seen following enemy A/C inland. KIA. 21-May-43. MACR 2663.
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: USAAF heritage site
- Known as: AAM
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
San Francisco, CA, USA | 8 September 1919 | Son of Gladys Alene [Ayer] Macfarlane McAllister. |
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Enlisted |
Portland, OR, USA | 3 November 1941 | Portland, Oregon. |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 20 January 1943 - 21 May 1943 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Ghent, Belgium | 21 May 1943 | Shot down during an engagement near Ghent, Belgium. KIA. 21-May-43. MACR 2663. |
| Portland, Oregon, USA | |||
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Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France Plot A Row 48 Grave 17 | |
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Other Flight training |
Trained with RCAF, hence the RAF and USAAC wings worn. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.1 by Bishop & Hey p. 132;
- ABMC;
- WWII Memorial web site entry by Poundstone (brother in law);
- MACR 2663 ;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
- Changed 'Empinal' to 'Epinal' Cemetery as per Macfarlane's ABMC record: http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWII...
MACR 2663 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
