Leroy John Monk

Military
media-38200.jpeg UPL 38200 1st Lt. Lloyd L. Burns and crew, 379th Bomb Group, 525th Bomb Squadron.

Personal Photo collection

Object Number - UPL 38200 - 1st Lt. Lloyd L. Burns and crew, 379th Bomb Group, 525th Bomb Squadron.

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x missions. Returned from Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. Returned to Duty (RTD) MACR 6983





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14079510 / O-810816
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heavenly Body II
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Omaha, NE 26 November 1923 Son of Leland L and Elsie Monk.

Other

Mid Air Collision RTD

Canvey Island 19 June 1944 Returned from Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. RTD MACR 6983

Died

Grass Valley, CA 28 July 1997

Enlisted

Missoula, MT Missoula, Montana

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park Omaha, Douglas County, NE Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park Omaha, Douglas County, NE

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6983 / MACR 6983; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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