Leonard Witkin

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Aachen in B-24 'Flak Magnet' #4250596

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Units served with

The insignia of the 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.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-61790, O-885659
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-764355
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 18 October 1944
  • Date: 17 October 1944
  • Date: 14 October 1944
  • Date: 7 October 1944
  • Date: 5 October 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York State 3 September 1921

Other

44th BG Combat Tour

Shipdham, UK 5 September 1944 - 18 October 1944 15 Combat Missions

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

4364 TB Buttinge, Netherlands 18 October 1944

Buried

East Farmingdale, NY, USA Wellwood Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9654 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database