LeRoy A Footh
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 8 September 1943 in B-24D 42-40790, 479ASG/4ASS while serving as Tail Gunner. The aircraft was shot down by German fighters over the Bay of Biscay while on an anti-submarine patrol. 3 crew members were rescued, but 7 others perished in the sea. Member of an antisubmarine squadron that was in the 8th AF 3 months and then transferred to the Navy
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group
Missions
- Date: 8 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bay of Biscay | 8 September 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the Bay of BIscay. His remains have never been recovered. |
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 2-Jun-2015. Added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monumnets Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added SN and KIA event per MACR 517; Edited Summary Biography adding crew position per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 278 MACR 0517