Leo Edward DeGraw
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA). Shot down 5 December 1943 in B-17 42-3397 'Fighting Cock. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Heading back to France with #3 engine on fire. With crew in dinghies, German shore patrol fired at dinghies and 7 crew members died. Kleuser crew. Also flew on Mary Pat.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (3BS), PH (OLC).
Wife was a WAC during WW II, her name was Jeanne Hodshow.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670568
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fighting Cock
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Newark, New Jersey | 16 February 1921 | BornNewark, New Jersey |
Enlisted |
Newark, New Jersey | 22 August 1942 | EnlistedNewark, New Jersey |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bay of Biscay | 5 December 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA)Bay of Biscay off France |
Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the MissingRhone American Cemetery and MemorialDraguignan, Departement du Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/310760505
https://www.fold3.com/record/702698219/de-graw-leo-e-us-wwii-hospital-admission-card-files-1942-1954
https://www.fold3.com/record/86292675/leo-e-de-graw-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/657782420/degraw-leo-edward-ssgt/facts
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56510616/leo-edward-degraw
MACR 2164, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I byBishop & Hey pp. 408-9 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia