Roger Thomas Leking

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by ME 109s and crashed SW of Namur, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 2 March 1944 in B-17G #42-31467 'Sac Hound'. Killed in Action (KIA). Roger Leking was a substitute Right Waist Gunner on that mission, the regular RWG on the Sheahan crew being sick that day.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

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

613th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Douglas Martin Conway

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17072159 at enlistment, then O-685775
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Robert Orval Davis

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13075926 at enlistment, then O-808000
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Seymour Falk

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17037059
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Hazard Justice

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15340143
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John William O'Mara

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15063833
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-31467

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Sac Hound
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

8th Air Force 244

Date: 2 March 1944

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	28 September 1922	in Troy Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, the son of Fred E. and Friedo Leking
Enlisted	16 November 1942	in Toledo, Ohio
Other Killed In Action (KIA)	2 March 1944	on board B-17 42-31467, shot down by fighters over Belgium
Born		Woodville, Sandusky County, Ohio
Buried		Initially buried at the communal cemetery in Gosselies, near Charleroi, Belgium
Buried		later exhumed and transferred to the temporary American military cemetery in Neuville-en-Condroz, near Liège, Belgium
Buried		his remains were brought to the USA where they rest at the Woodville Cemetery in Sandusky County, Ohio

Revisions

Date8 Mar 2023 21:32:36

Contributorjmoore43

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Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

Date29 Jan 2019 11:44:19

ContributorED-BB

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MACR 2742
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Air Force casualties for Sandusky County, Ohio

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:23

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2742 / MACR 2742, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1219">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1219> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database