Theodore W Leidecker
Military ROLL OF HONOURLWG, Schrader Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30027. Mission #3 to Hamburg, Germany. MACR 162. Replaced original crew member SSgt Earl Weitz for the mission. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft crashed into the sea. His body was never recovered. Recorded on the Tablets of the Missing and Buried at Sea in the Netherlands AMC.
Kankakee, IL
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395070.jpg?itok=2ns1x3KW)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395072.jpg?itok=dzk7sww7)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6862311
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14124291
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-412961 (16026208)
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32286796
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16040203
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
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- Date: 25 June 1943
Places
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- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
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- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Chicago, IL, USA | 18 September 1942 | |
Other Killed in Action |
Bensersiel, Germany | 25 June 1943 | |
Born |
Kankakee, Illinois, USA | ||
Based |
Ridgewell | 25 June 1943 | |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing and Buried at Sea |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 162
Fold.3
Ancestry.com
Find-A-Grave
NARA Enlistment records
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant we Fly - Ken Stone
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 162 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 162 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database