Leroy Lewis Weese
Military
Image courtesy of Parker Higby.
Object Number - UPL 40610 - Leroy Weese's crew of the Lady Luck 41-29128,
Leroy Weese was Right Waist Gunner on the 15 October 1944 mission to Cologne/Köln, Germany, on board B-24 #41-29128 with the Glen Rowe crew. Hit by Flak on the return flight, the badly damaged bomber crashed in an emergency landing attempt at the Saint-Trond Belgium airfield. Like 5 other crew members, he survived the crash. Pilot Rowe and 2 other men were killed. According to a 9 November 1944 article in the Chillicothe Gazette (Ohio), he had been seriously wounded in the crash.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15327128 at enlistment, then O-xxxxxx
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
16 May 1924 | Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, the son of Hoadley Ira and Bessie (Blake) Weese | |
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Enlisted |
8 March 1943 | Fort Benjamin Harrison, Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana | |
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Other sent overseas |
3 July 1944 | assigned to the 704th Squadron ot the 446th Bomb Group, Bungay | |
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Other survived the crash |
15 October 1944 | of badly-damaged B-24 #41-29128 at the Saint-Trond airfield, Belgium | |
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Died |
1 December 2000 | Beavercreek, Greene County, Ohio | |
| Chillicothe City, Scioto Township, Ross County, Ohio |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
US Census 1930
US Census 1940
Chillicothe Gazette, 9 November 1944
SSDI Death Index
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.446bg.com/