Leroy Kenneth Bayless
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Leroy was a tail gunner in B-17 42-97387 "Maude an' Maria". He was killed over Cologne Germany on 15-Oct-44 on his very first mission. His cause of death is listed as "hypoxia" or "anoxia", by varying accounts.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Clear Lake, WA | 22 May 1925 | Son of Charles F Bayless and Edna Bayless Sisters: Beatrice, Velma, Laurel |
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Enlisted |
Seattle, WA | 13 September 1943 | Seattle, Washington |
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Died |
Cologne, Germany | 15 October 1944 | Killed over Cologne Germany on 15-Oct-44 on his very first mission. Died of Hypoxia. |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | 16 October 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
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Buried |
Sumner Cemetery Sumner, Pierce County, Wa | Re-Interred Sumner Cemetery Sumner, Pierce County, Washington | |
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Based |
Nuthampstead | 15 October 1944 | Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia