Leonard R Michell

Military

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-6104

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Homing Pigeon
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War

13 September 1944 Documents in MACR 8919 refer to him as Leonard Ray Mitchell.

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Sources

Updated biographical details from :
MACR 8919 - http://www.fold3.com ;
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1857

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1857