John Robert Leaser
Military
UPL 65059
UPL 65059
2nd Lt John R. Leaser
John Robert Leaser
On
Assigned to 13PRS, 7PRG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) photo recce mission, reported to have been lost in the area of Lyon, France. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Decatur, Illinois | 1 January 1921 | BornDecatur, Illinois |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lyon, France | 8 May 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA)Area of Lyon, France |
Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the MissingCambridge American Cemetery and MemorialCoton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia