Jonathan Leete

Military

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Units served with

A B-25 Mitchell (7C) of the 340th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force takes off.

340th Bomb Group

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

Places

Sfax

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Sfax-Thyna Airport

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fenchow, Shaanxi, China 30 July 1917 His parents appear to have been working as missionaries in China when he was born

Other

Arrived in the USA for the first time

San Francisco, California 23 June 1920
Hartford, Connecticut 16 October 1940 85 Sherman Street

Died

Strait of Messina, Italy 16 August 1943 His B-25 was shot down by flak Must report today that one of our ships flown by Captain Flack [James L. Flack] of the 487th was lost over the Messina Straits [Also lost: Lt. Jonathan Leete and Lt. Sidney C. Ormsbee]. It is believed that all of the crew were able to parachute from the burning aircraft after it had been hit smack in the middle by large bursts of ack-ack.

Buried

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial No Known Grave Tablets of The Missing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy PLOT Tablets of the Missing

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.reddog1944.com/340th_BG_HISTORY_and_MISSIONS_INDEX.htm
https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=24213
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/131843:7949?tid=&pid=…
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12011123:2238?tid=&pi…
http://57thbombwing.com/340th_History/340th_Diary/8_August1943.pdf
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56311315/jonathan-leete