Roland N Leider
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Scanned Copy of Graduation Class Photo Roland N Leider Class of 1942, Page 53 Year Book Von Steuben HS Class Chicago, Illinois,
KIA 6 October 1944, Crew Member, (Rank, Last Name, First, MI) S.SGT Leider, Roland N. Position: Radio Operator Mission Number: 194 Date, 6-Oct-44 Target Berlin Pilot: 1 LT Lucien C. Courcelle, B17: 43-38060 Name of Aircraft: Texas Bluebonnet.
The Mission to Berlin was TECH Sergeant Leider's 17th Mission. Ronald N Leider was promoted to Technical Sergeant while in a Missing in Action status and the recipient of the Air Medal with Two Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart Medal.
KIA 6 October 1944, Crew Member, (Rank, Last Name, First, MI) S.SGT Leider, Roland N. Position: Radio Operator Mission Number: 194 Date, 6-Oct-44 Target Berlin Pilot: 1 LT Lucien C. Courcelle, B17: 43-38060 Name of Aircraft: Texas Bluebonnet.
The Mission to Berlin was TECH Sergeant Leider's 17th Mission. Ronald N Leider was promoted to Technical Sergeant while in a Missing in Action status and the recipient of the Air Medal with Two Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart Medal.
My scanned image of HS Yearbook
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Pessin in B-17 'Back To The Sack' #4338060
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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: Texas Bluebonnet
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
6 October 1944 | ||
Born |
Westboro, Massachusetts, USA | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 6 October 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9508 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database