Leonard S Smutko

Military

Shot down by flak on the return from a bomber escort mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR and crashed near Saarburg, GR on 11 Feb 1944 in P-38J 42-67821. Prisoner of War.

AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster



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Units served with

Aircraft

42-67821

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 11 February 1944

Born

Windber, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2288 / MACR 2288, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database