Leon B Lent Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by flak and crashed at Hamburg in B-24 #42-100433, Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-100433

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Big Dick Hard To Hit
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 6 August 1944

Born

Washington DC

Revisions

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Changed event title from "other" to "Died".

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Added S/N per MACR 7891 at Fold3.com.

SOURCE:  https://www.fold3.com/image/29443355/29443346

 

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7891