Leon D Yurkus

Military

Damaged by flak and ditched in channel on 8/9/44 in B-17 'Thunder Ball' #42-107216, Returned to Duty (RTD).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Thunder Ball
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Returned

9 August 1944

Buried

Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, 340 Ridge Rd, North Arlington, NJ 07031, USA 5 August 1991 Plot: Blk-31 Sec-E Gr-1406 1C

Born

Iowa City, Iowa, USA

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Revisions

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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NOT KIA. Detail revised from http://www.findagrave.com

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7391 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database