Leonard J Baxa

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Attacked by fighters and set on fire on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24H 41-29292 spun down and crashed SE of Fuhrberg-Hanover, GR. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed in Action

Hanover, Germany 8 March 1944

Born

Berwyn, Illinois

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
Combat Chronology ;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2964, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 69