Wayne G McLeod

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Rammed by an ME410 and crashed SW of Berlin on a mission to Erkner-Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31627. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31627

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 6 March 1944

Died

6 March 1944

Born

Palo Alto, California

Revisions

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Added a KIA event per info in the "Summary biography" .

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers; MACR 3004; MACR 3198, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces