Leroy W Wilder
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
303rd Bomb Group Face Book Page - Internet Photo
Object Number - UPL 64077 - LeRoy Wilder
Shot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24526 'Leaping Liz' while serving as Radio Operator. Target was U/B yards (submarines) at St. Nazaire, France. Fighters attacked and plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Participated in 4 Operations - 1 Abort (See Biogrpahy events).
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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: Leapin Liz
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Mission #1 SSGT LeRoy W. Wilder, w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Radion Operator of B-17F 41-24526, "Leapin' Liz", 303BG 358BS on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. (RTB OK). |
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Other Mission #2 SSGT LeRoy W. Wilder, w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Radion Operator of B-17F 41-24526, "Leapin' Liz", 303BG 358BS. Mission was to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the mission. |
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Other Mission #3 SSGT LeRoy W. Wilder, w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Radion Operator of B-17F 41-24526, "Leapin' Liz", 303BG 358BS on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. (RTB OK). |
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Other Mission #4 SSGT LeRoy W. Wilder, w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS KIA |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Radion Operator of B-17F 41-24526, "Leapin' Liz", 303BG 358BS mission was to bomb the torpedo storage areas at St. Nazaire, France. (KIA) |
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Born |
Canadian, Oklahoma, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by enemy fighters and crashed into the sea near the target. His remains have never been recovered. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) has no listing for this airman on any Wall of the Missing at any American Cemetery in Europe. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 10-Aug-2015. Added Mission events #1 thru #4 and made connections to missions per 303BG website Mission Reports Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/.
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 7650; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; added crew position and made minor edits to biography.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7650 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 60, WWII Memorial web site
