Leland G Griffith
Military
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UPL 7288
CAPT Leland Griffith (Right)
753rd BS Operations Officer - Command Pilot
458th BG
753rd BS Operations Officer - Command Pilot
458th BG
466th BG Historian
Killed in Action (KIA) was command pilot on PFF plane 'Liberty Bell' that had a mid air collision while assembling over the base before going on mission. All aboard Killed in Action (KIA) The plane was from the 466th BG
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Liberty Belle
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
1 September 1944 |
Revisions
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Sources
Accident report 035 & Page 276 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia