Leonard T Tew

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Merseburg, Germany 12 May 1944 mission on Lt. Edward A Burke's crew, two others WIA

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 379th Bomb Group in flight 16 March 1944. Image via Edmund H Lutz, 379th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Left wing man in flight B-17 525th Squad, 379th Bomb gp, 16 March 1944.'

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  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

12 May 1944

Born

Alta Loma, Texas

Buried

Texas

Revisions

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ContributorTerra Inc.
Changes
Sources

The city's name is Merseburg, not Merseberg. I often work there ;-)

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 652; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 304 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia