Leo Ruvolis Jr

Military
media-50259.jpeg UPL 50259 The Rap 'Em Pappy Crew: Back Row: Jake Schenkenberger (WG, S/SGT, KIA), James Garvey (R/O, T/SGT, KIA), John Cowly (EnG, T/SGT, KIA), Gerald Beltz (WG, S/SGT, POW), Theo Sheridan (TG, S/SGT, POW). Front Row: Leo Ruvolis, (Pilot, 1/LT, POW), Carl Wunderlin (Co-Pilot, 2/LT, KIA), Randall Mayer, Jr. (N, F/O, POW), Edward Young (B, 2/LT, POW).

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Object Number - UPL 50259 - The Rap 'Em Pappy Crew: Back Row: Jake Schenkenberger (WG, S/SGT, KIA), James Garvey (R/O, T/SGT, KIA), John Cowly (EnG, T/SGT, KIA), Gerald Beltz...

Plane 42-95229 'Rap 'Em Pappy. ' Shot down 7 July 1944 on raid to Bernburg, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).



Missions: 1944 - May 25 Fe Camp; 27 Saarbrucken; 28 Zeitz; 29 Politz; 31 Brussels; Jun 4 St. Avord; 6 D-Day invasion; 7 invasion front; 11 La Possoniere; 15 Tours; 17 Paris; 18 Wesermunde; 19 Abbeyville; 21 Berlin; 22 Paris; 23 Laon; 25 Paris; Jul 4 Rheims; 6 Kiel; 7 Bernberg.



PH/ AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ POW/ GC/ ADM/ ATM/ ETO/ WW II VM

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95229

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Easton, Pennsylvania 13 July 1920

Other

Prisoner of war

7 July 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, MACR 7216

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