Leo Frank Teetman Jr
Military
Correction to unit
Object Number - FRE 4796 - Sergeant L.F. Teetman, of the 384th Bomb Group enjoys a sandwich and coffee before interrogation Kimbolton, 1 January 1944. Passed for publication 1...
Leo Teetman was born in Brooklyn to parents of Polish descent, and lived most of his life on the East Coast. He joined up in 1942 and was assigned as a gunner to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron, based at Grafton Underwood in Northamptonshire.
Leo completed 25 credited missions in the early stage of the bombing campaign, when the USAAF’s focus was on Occupied Europe.
Leo settled in Connecticut, where he worked for a company making optical instruments. He married and had three children.
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Units served with
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kentucky Kernel
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Duchess : Dynamite Express
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Silver Queen
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
29 July 1923 | ||
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Died |
7 May 2000 | ||
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Born |
1930 Census records him as living at 90 Ross Street, as does the 'Brooklyn Eagle', in a notice published Wed March 8, 1944 |
Revisions
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Parents - 1930 Census
Address - Brooklyn Eagle newspaper
Missions - http://384thbombgroup.com
Obituary - http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ct/county/fairfield/veteransobits.html
Merged with duplicate record to include deatils drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=t...
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Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database