Leonard August Mihalich

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 4 x combat missions. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102647 'BTO In the ETO'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5305.



Awards: PH

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804442
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: BTO in the ETO
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

New Cumberland, PA 17070, USA 4 March 1943 New Cumberland Pennsylvania

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 28 May 1944 Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102647 'BTO In the ETO'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5305.

Buried

14823 Niemegk, Germany 29 May 1944 Interred Niemeck community cemetery

Born

Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA
Westmoreland County, PA, USA

Based

Deenethorpe 28 May 1944 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 5305;
- http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2280

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 5305 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database