Leslie William Seppala
MilitaryAssigned to 552nd Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF USAAF. Transferred to 352nd Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force. Later HQ Sqn (353rd Fighter Group).
Left Raydon on mission to Berlin as bomber escort, shot down by ground fire Hagenow, Germany, strafing rail transportation. Successful belly landing vicinity Hagenow 3-Feb-45 in P-51 'Double Trouble' 44-14303. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 12169. It was his 41st mission.
Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Laurium, MI | 5 February 1916 | |
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Other Crashed |
Field's Blvd, Greenfield, IN 46140, USA | 30 December 1941 | Mid Air Collision Maxwell Field AL USA Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Leslie W Seppala, 30-Dec-41. BC-1A 39-844 82SS Maxwell Field, AL |
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Other Crashed |
Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK | 5 September 1944 | Landing accident Atcham/Sta 342 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Leslie W Seppala, 5-Sep-44. 41-6267W 552FTS 495FTG 8AF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 3 February 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Shot down |
Hagenow, Germany | 3 February 1945 | Shot down by ground fire Hagenow, Germany, strafing rail transportation. Successful belly landing vicinity Hagenow 3-Feb-45 in P51 'Double Trouble' 44-14303. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 12169. |
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Died |
Saint Clair Shores, MI | 11 January 2005 | |
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Buried |
Fairview Cemetery Manton, Wexford County, MI | 14 January 2005 | Fairview Cemetery Manton, Wexford County, Michigan |
| Detroit, Michigan | |||
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Other Transferred |
Raydon, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7, UK | Transferred 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Assigned |
Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK | Assigned to 552FTS, 495FTG, 8th AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
- MACR 12169 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12169, Jonah's Feet Are Dry Pg 631