Morris Edward Gallant

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-26896.jpeg UPL 26896 2nd. Lt. Morris E. Gallant, 357th Fighter Group

Shared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/

Object Number - UPL 26896 - 2nd. Lt. Morris E. Gallant, 357th Fighter Group

Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. 1 x victory on 5-Dec-44. Failed to Return (FTR) A/C test hop in P-51B 42-106721 'Sergeant', lost into North Sea off Great Yarmouth. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11873



Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-106721

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Sergeant
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron

44-14555

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Pretty Pat
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Leiston

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Washington, VT 13 October 1920 Son of Ray Gallant.

Enlisted

Boston, MA 9 October 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

Other

Force landing

Leiston, UK 22 October 1944 Belly landed in P-51D 44-14555 Leiston 22-Oct-44. RTD

Died

North Sea Off Great Yarmouth 19 January 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) A/C test hop in P-51B 42-106721 'Sergeant', lost into North Sea off Great Yarmouth. KIA MACR 11873

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Based

Leiston 19 January 1945 Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Connecticut Entered service from Connecticut.

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289905/morris-e-gallant

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https://www.fold3.com/record/83423090/morris-e-gallant-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529897169/morris-e-gallant-american-battle…
https://www.fold3.com/record/717742778/gallant-morris-e-defense-powmia-…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289905/morris-e-gallant

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / The 357th Over Europe

Morris Edward Gallant: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 26896 - 2nd. Lt. Morris E. Gallant, 357th Fighter Group

Object number: UPL 52020 - 1st Lt Morris E. Gallant 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.