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Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 #4124417 'Dixie Demo. ' Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #4230199 'Wicked WAAC. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Leland A Dowden was assigned to the 369th Bomb Squadron on 1 October 1943. He completed one mission as a bombardier with William Hilton and his crew, before being shot down on 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30199 'Wicked WAAC. '
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Group
Constituted as 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Mar 1942. Trained for combat with B-17's. Moved to England, Aug-Sep 1942, and assigned to Eighth AF Eighth Air Force in September 1942 Station 111 Thurleigh. During combat,...
Squadron
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 92BG Bangor 14/7/42; 97BG 24/8/42; dam 21/10/42; BAD 24/10/42; 369BS/306BG [WW-M] Thurleigh /10/42; ditched North Sea, off Cromer, Nfk., 26/7/43 with Alphonse Maresh, Co-pilot: Bob Hoyt, Navigator: Jim Brown, Bombardier: Art Isaac, Flight...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Westover 9/6/43; Dow Fd 10/6/43; Presque Is 13/6/43; Rome Fd 15/6/43; Patterson 27/6/43; Bolling 4/7/43; Louisville 8/8/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-R] Thurleigh 24/8/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14...
Military site : airfield
Built for RAF use in 1941-42, Thurleigh was initially used by RAF Bomber Command before being handed over to the Eighth Air Force. Its runways and hardstandings were improved, and the B-17s of the 306th Bomb Group began using the base. It was their...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Born | Centerville, Massachusetts | 4 September 1908 |
| Died | 4 May 1949 | |
| Buried | Centerville, Barnstable, MA, USA |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 01 November 2017 11:23:33 | Lucy May | Changes to events |
| Sources | ||
| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:11:37 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor; MACR 821 |
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