Leslie Armin Heidelberger
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 450BS, 322BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Service on 26-Apr-43 when B-26B 41-17943 Failed to Return (FTR) from a training mission in, fatal crash Bassingbourn. Gusty conditions and a mechanical problem with the fin appear to have been the cause.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379976.jpg.webp?itok=h9RDoVED)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20841192 / O-791706
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dumont, Traverse County, MN | 11 January 1916 | Son of Jacob Rudolph and Minnie May [Dumke] Heidelberger. |
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Enlisted |
200 Tower Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55111, USA | 20 December 1941 | Fort Snelling, Minnesota |
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Died |
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth SG8, UK | 26 April 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) training mission in B-26B 41-17943, fatal crash Bassingbourn 26-Apr-43. |
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Buried |
27 April 1943 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 2 Grave 73 | |
| Minnesota, USA | |||
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Based |
Andrews Field | 26 April 1943 | Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Sources from original record:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey p. 108, AF Combat Units of t WWII p. 202, National WW II Memorial web sites ABMC and National Archive sites.
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