Leslie Belmont Zubiri
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 49127
Killed in Action (KIA) on 4 March 1943 in B-17F 42-5370, 91BG/324BS while serving as Co-Pilot. The crew's mission was the marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany. The plane was shot down by fighters in the Texel Island area of Holland. Killed in Action (KIA). Lt. Zubiri's body washed ashore June 27, 1943 near Oksby, Denmark. On 30 April 1948 he and other American airmen from Esbjerg were taken to Ardennes American Cemetery in BELGIUM. (Source: FAF)
Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Buried |
30 April 1948 | On 29 June 1943 he was buried in Esbjerg. Remains re-interred at the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 39, Grave 24. | |
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Born |
Portland, Oregon, possibly Salt Lake City, Utah | On 27 June 1943 he was found washed ashore near Blåvand on Skallingen. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Texel, Netherlands | 4 March 1943 | Killed when aircrft was shot down and crashed into the North Sea near Texel Island, Holland. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Added Decorations and burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Adde A/C model letter, unit association and loss details to Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. Also MACR 16102.
Death and Burial details updated from: http://www.airmen.dk
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16102 / MACR 16102, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p 88, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourne by Havelaar Appendix 4 Roll of Honor, The 91st Bomb Group by Burdick p. 113, National WWII monument web site entries / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
