Leon Francis Wotanis
Military
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UPL 36772
"Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Erfurt, Germany, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 17 March 1945."
Rear L-R: Capt Harold Lee Stouse, 1Lt Mike D McCarty, 1Lt Gibson M Carter, F/O James Hodges Hardy, 2Lt John F Hamm
Front L-R: S/Sgt Robert C Peter, T/Sgt George Fred Bostick, T/Sgt Joseph D Lillis, S/Sgt Leo F Wotanis, 1lt Francis G Downey
Rear L-R: Capt Harold Lee Stouse, 1Lt Mike D McCarty, 1Lt Gibson M Carter, F/O James Hodges Hardy, 2Lt John F Hamm
Front L-R: S/Sgt Robert C Peter, T/Sgt George Fred Bostick, T/Sgt Joseph D Lillis, S/Sgt Leo F Wotanis, 1lt Francis G Downey
Assigned to 838BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 25 missions, returned to States they went back to Europe and Joined 360BS, 303rd BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM (14OLC), American Campaign, EAME (4BS), WWII Victory.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
10 April 1919 | Born Scranton, PA | |
Died |
20 December 1987 | Died Scranton, PA | |
Buried |
1 January 1988 | Interred Fairview Memorial Park Elmhurst Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History, http://303rdbg.com/rost-wxyz.html#W">http://303rdbg.com/rost-wxyz.html#W>