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Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. In B-17 42-97184 'Lady Godiva' fatally crash landed on edge of field, Ludbrook Farm, Ermington, Devon 26-Aug-44 Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Injured in B-17 42-97184 'Lady Godiva' crash landed on edge of field, Ludbrook Farm, Ermington, Devon 26-Aug-44, rescued by two farm workers, Jim Lapthorne and his son, Jim Jr Returned to Duty (RTD).
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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/44; Gr Island 19/2/44; Presque Is 12/3/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG [K] Knettishall 11/3/44; with Bob Scales, Co-pilot: Frank Spangenberg, Navigator: Delmar E Linder, Bombardier: Howard Rohman, Waist gunner: George W Whetstone (5RTD,...
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
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| Born | Ohio, USA | 31 December 1919 |
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Son of Charles and Margaret Reinartz. |
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| Enlisted | Cleveland, OH, USA | 12 September 1943 |
| Based | Knettishall | 1944 – 26 August 1944 |
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Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Ermington, Ivybridge PL21, UK | 26 August 1944 |
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In B-17 42-97184 'Lady Godiva' fatally crash landed on edge of field, Ludbrook Farm, Ermington, Devon 26-Aug-44 Killed in Action (KIA). |
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| Buried | 10000 Miles Ave, Cleveland, OH 44105, USA | 31 July 1948 |
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Calvary cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 April 2018 09:21:01 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/319534720?terms=Leo%20F%20Reinartz |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:18:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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