Frank B Leasman

Military

Shot down 20 December 1942 in B-17F 42-5071 while serving as Navigator. Prisoner of War (POW). According to Strong, rescued by French resistance member Collette Florin and hidden in woods 20 miles west of Romilly-sur-Seine, France. As Germans moved closer in their search, Leasman moved on so as not to endanger the lives of the French families nearby. He was soon captured. Was in Stalag Luft III. He was one of the 'look outs' for the Great Escape. Official NARA POW record has him at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria.



POW

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5071

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Atlanta, Georgia 11 November 1920

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 20 December 1942 - 23 May 1945 Held at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 23-May-45.

Died

2 May 1991

Buried

Yerba Linda, California

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2014. Added crew position to biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 55, First Over Germany by Strong pp. 56, 58/daughter / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia