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Leonard J Lombardo

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Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 42-52610 'The Madam. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

Service

People

  • Kenneth Kessenger

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
    Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 42-52610 'The Madam. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

  • 466th Bomb Group

    466th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...

  • 786th Bomb Squadron

    786th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-52610 The Madame

    B-24 Liberator
    Mission 291 350 B-24s are dispatched to aviation industry targets in Brunswick. 1944-04-08 - MACR #: 3847 Notes: 52610 (466th BG) lost Apr 8, 1944, Germany. MACR 3847

Associated Place

  • Attlebridge

    Military site : airfield
    Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Louisiana, USA 12 November 1921
Lived in St Mary Parish, LA, USA 942
Enlisted Houston, TX, USA 24 September 1942
Killed in action Brunswick, Germany 8 April 1944
Buried Franklin, LA 70538, USA 1948

Franklin Cemetery
Franklin
St. Mary Parish
Louisiana, USA
Plot: Section 5
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
18186538
Highest rank
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade)
Role/job
Waist Gunner
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
24 May 2017 09:50:45 general ira snapsorter Changes to biography and events
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 3847;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Date Contributor Update
08 July 2016 22:51:09 466thHistorian Changes to service number, highest rank, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations
Sources

http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1574813
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=Leonard&GSmn=&GSl...
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:18:38 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3847

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