Leslie Earl Kraus

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-57165.jpeg UPL 57165 S/Sgt Leslie E. Kraus - radio operator - 836th Squadron
(photo supplied by David Steigerwald, cousin of Leslie Kraus)

Relative

Object Number - UPL 57165 - S/Sgt Leslie E. Kraus - radio operator - 836th Squadron (photo supplied by David Steigerwald, cousin of Leslie Kraus)

Assigned to 836BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Juvincourt in B-24 41-28822 23-Jun-44; hit by flak in the open bomb bay, exploded. Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6263

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

487th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

836th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Earl E Klein

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Joseph S Van Dyke

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28822

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Covington, Kentucky, USA	7 March 1923	Son of Earl John and Elizabeth E. 'Bess' [Reinersman] Kraus.
Enlisted	Cincinnati, OH	19 January 1943	Cincinnati, Ohio
Died	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels	23 June 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) Juvincourt in B-24 41-28822 23-Jun-44; hit by flak in the open bomb bay, exploded. Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels. KIA MACR 6263
Based Killed in Action (KIA)	Lavenham	23 June 1944	Assigned to 836BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried	Saint John Cemetery Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, KY		Re-Interred Saint John Cemetery Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky
Other Flight Training			Pilot training took place at; Primary - St Petersburg, Florida Basic - Scott Fld, Illinois Advanced - Tyndal Fld, Florida Operational - Tucson, Arizona Alamogodor, New Mexico