Leroy C Seeds

Military

media-43855.jpeg UPL 43855 Hight Crew, 710, B&W; James Hight crew & mascot posed in front of right wing & nose of a B-17G. Standing (l-r):
LeRoy Seeds (Mickey operator), Edward Seal (co-pilot), James ("Jim") Hight (pilot), William Cunningham (navigator), Joseph V.
Cotrone (bombardier). Kneeling (l-r): Art Richards (radio operator), Art Kirch (waist gunner), James Antipas (waist gunner
[ex ball turret gunner]), Al Norton (tail gunner), Norman Frohrib (engineer), dog, Rex, mascot. All are dressed in Class A uniform. 447th Bomb Group collection

National Museum of the mighty eighth Air Force, Pooler, GA

Object Number - UPL 43855 - Hight Crew, 710, B&W; James Hight crew & mascot posed in front of right wing & nose of a B-17G. Standing (l-r): LeRoy Seeds (Mickey operator),...

10 missions as Navigator, 17 missions as Mickey Operator. Departed US August 1944, returned after VE Day, 1945. Also served in Korea. Retired from 8th AF February 1970.

DFC/ WW II Victory Medal/ 4 Air Medals