Dale Bigelow Leaf

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21741.jpeg UPL 21741 Dale B Leaf - Marshalltown, 4th FG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21741 - Dale B Leaf - Marshalltown, 4th FG, KIA

1st Lt. Dale Leaf was ambushed in P-47C 41-6212 by four Fw 190s and killed near Formerie on 2 September 1943.



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Marshalltown, Iowa 13 April 1915

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Formerie, France 1 September 1943 Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters near Formerie, France

Other

Commemorated

Ardennes, France Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing Ardennes American Cemetery.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Updated Middle Name & Born event per info in the fields of honor database.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemete…

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 29-May-2015. Added Mission connection KIA event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Commemoration event per American Battle Monumnets Commission (ABMC) records.

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Contributorapollo11
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Personal research & 4th Fighter Group 'Debden Eagles' by Chris Bucholz.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

ABMC, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.262 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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