Leonard August Mihalich
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 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
Connections
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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: Squadron
- 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
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
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
https://www.fold3.com/image/28633435
https://www.fold3.com/record/529853113-leonard-a-mihalich
https://www.fold3.com/image/310764004?terms=Leonard%20A%20Mihalich
https://www.fold3.com/record/83859383-leonard-a-mihalich
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2280
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56359829
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
MACR 5305 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database