Dale Bigelow Leaf
Military ROLL OF HONOUR"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 2 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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
Updated Middle Name & Born event per info in the fields of honor database.
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemete…
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.
Personal research & 4th Fighter Group 'Debden Eagles' by Chris Bucholz.
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