Leonard W Herman

Military

Wounded in action 25 July 1943. Credited with shooting down 2 German Fighters and flew 25 missions with the 335th Bomb Squadron. He flew his plane back to base after the pilot was killed. After completing a War Bond Tour and training crews, he returned as a Bombardier with the 9th AAF on A26.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3111

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Brass Rail, Local Girl
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

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Contributormorrisrob
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Source:  95th BG records, and I am his biographer

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Contributormorrisrob
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I helped Leonard write his biography and used multiple sources.  I am also the author of the 95th BG unit history. 

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Contributorgfeindel
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"Find a Grave" Obit.

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ContributorAAM
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Combat Chronology Supplement p. 350 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia