Leonard Frank Koos

Military
media-22135.jpeg UPL 22135 Carroll Duane Swartzendruber - Wellman, 384th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

Object Number - UPL 22135 - Carroll Duane Swartzendruber - Wellman, 384th BG, KIA

Assigned to the 384th BG 544th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, Charles W. Baker Crew. 2 combat missions.

Shot down 13 May 1944 in B-17 #42-102548. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4814

POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33538024
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32725909
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37663908
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Headshot of smiling young man wearing WWII era Air Force uniform
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12125442
  • Role/Job: Ball Turrret Gunner

Aircraft

The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

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Born

26 August 1921

Other

POW

13 May 1944 POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11.

Died

15 February 1986 Burial: Arlington Memory Gardens Oklahoma City Oklahoma County Oklahoma, USA

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