Leonard E Duncan

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down on 16 February 1943 on in B-17F 42-5058 'Hun Hunter' while serving as Co-Pilot. No burial record could be located. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

305th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

364th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5058

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Hun Hunter
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group fly over countryside. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 16 Feb 1943.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: '7-12 Liberator planes of U.S. Bomber Command in flight at the start of an operational patrol from their base "somewhere in England". And February 17th 1943 PN'

Places

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Molac, France	16 February 1943	Killed when aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Molac, France,
Buried			The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) does not have a listing to indicated that this airmen is either interred or his name inscribed on any Wall of the Missing at an American Cemetery on Europe.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Molac, France

16 February 1943

Killed when aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Molac, France,

Buried

The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) does not have a listing to indicated that this airmen is either interred or his name inscribed on any Wall of the Missing at an American Cemetery on Europe.

Revisions

Date20 Feb 2015 22:09:00

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 20-Feb-2015. Corrected SN and KIA event per MACR 15497; Added Burial note; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss information to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:18:36

ContributorAAM