Leonard H Smith
Military
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UPL 7040
Lt. Len Smith (Left) & Lt. Lou Loevsky (Right) standing beside the tail of a destroyed German a/c after being liberated from Stalag Luft III - April 1945
Notice Loevsky's "salute" to the Germans!
466th BG - 786th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
Notice Loevsky's "salute" to the Germans!
466th BG - 786th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
B-24H #41-29434 'Terry and the Pirates' was involved in a mid-air collision after the other a/c was hit by flak over the target of Berlin and crashed W of Oranienburg, GR on 22 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Terry & The Pirates
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Bloomington, Indiana, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 22 March 1944 | Stalag Luft III |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3492 / MACR 3492, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database