Howard R Leach
MilitaryRobert Caruso Via American Air Museum Memory Book correspondence.
Shot down 3 February 1945 in A/C #44-6092. Prisoner of War (POW).
Bombardier on B-17 "Dixie's Delight"
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dixie's Delight
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
3 February 1945 |
Revisions
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
Added a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?s=644&dt=3159&…
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001, MACR 12044 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12044 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database