Leo Edward Stephens

Military
media-52434.jpeg UPL 52434 Sgt Leo Edward Stephens, 448BG.

Object Number - UPL 52434 - Sgt Leo Edward Stephens, 448BG.

Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. 2nd combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg in B-24 42-50459 with Buxton crew 16-Aug-44; hit by flak and crashed at Gerwisch Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8426





Awards: PH, GC, POW, WWII Victory, American Campaign, EAME (1 x Battle Star).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-705311
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rosemount, Minnesota 25 September 1920

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 16 August 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Hennepin County, MN 16 June 1997

Buried

West Oak Grove Cemetery Oak Grove, Anoka County, MN 19 June 1997 West Oak Grove Cemetery Oak Grove, Anoka County, Minnesota

Based

Seething 16 August 1944 Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / widow, MACR 8426

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