Leslie Palmer
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-6039, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Ralph Victor Guinzburg
Military
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 30-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30192. Returned to base.
Shot down 29-Nov-43 in B-17 42-6039, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1560
Awards: AM (OLC), PH (2OLC), Soldiers medal.
Service
People
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
95th Bomb Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August... -
334th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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335th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-30192
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Dow Fd 5/6/43; Assigned 379 Kimbolton 5/6/43; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-Y] Horham 27/6/43; 5m, Missing in Action Kassel 30/7/43 with Bob Jutzi, Co-pilot: R.D. Paterson, Bombardier: Wilbur Collins, Flight... -
42-6039 'Blondie III'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 30/6/43; Amarillo 18/7/43; Dallas 9/8/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Horham 14/10/43; 5m, Missing in Action 29/11/43 with Les Palmer, Co-pilot: Ray Grass, Bombardier: Joe Kolar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Wilbert, Radio...
Associated Place
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Horham
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
Events
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| Born | New York City, New York | 16 April 1916 |
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Son of Ralph K Guinzburg. |
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| Enlisted | New York City NY | 15 January 1942 |
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New York City New York |
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| Based | Horham | 1943 – 29 November 1943 |
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Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Vicinity Friesoythe, Germany | 29 November 1943 |
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Shot down 29-Nov-43 in B-17 42-6039, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1560 |
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| Buried | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | 1946 |
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Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 17 May 2021 16:58:52 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/310770958 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 May 2021 19:17:21 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:21:54 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 217; MACR 1560 |
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