Leon Earl Briggs

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Parchim in B-17 42-97071 'Candys Dandy' 7-Apr-45; fighter collided with plane near Hannover. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15327



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Arthur Robert Calder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13081857 / O-812544
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97071

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Andy's Dandys
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

43-37808

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Milk run mabel
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Springfield, MO 28 April 1925 Son of Charlie Edward and Anna Lou [Haney] Hullinger.

Enlisted

Tulsa, OK 29 July 1943 Tulsa, Oklahoma

Died

Hanover, Germany 7 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Parchim in B-17 42-97071 'Candys Dandy' 7-Apr-45; fighter collided with plane near Hannover. KIA MACR 15327

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Thorpe Abbotts 7 April 1945 Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot B Row 13 Grave 18

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13718 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database