Leonard Ponder
MilitaryFlew 15 missions from December 1943 to 22 March 1944, first mission to Berlin, shot up over target in B-24 #42100306 'War Goddess. ' Landed on Gotland Island in Baltic Sea. Interned in Sweden for 16 months. Service dates: November 1942 to November 1945. [Documents accompany database form] 20 November 1943 accident in B24 ÒStormy WeatherÓ #41-29160 on a local formation flight. All 11 on board returned.
AM w/ 2 OLC/ EAME/ American Campaign/ WW II VM
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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-24 Liberator
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Fulton County, Georgia | 27 July 1922 | |
Other Interned (INT) |
Germany | 22 March 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3337 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 378, in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45); The 446 Revisited, pg 233