Leonard Edmond Wyrwas

Military

Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen in B-24 42-40793 'Blonds Away' 1-Dec-43; damaged by fighters and exploded while trying to land. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 3983



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-728833
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Blonds Away
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron 567th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Conemaugh, PA 6 February 1921 Son of Blaine and Cecelia Wyrwas.

Enlisted

Altoona, PA 10 September 1942 Altoona, Pennsylvania

Died

Manston, Ramsgate, Kent CT12, UK 1 December 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen in B-24 42-40793 'Blonds Away' 1-Dec-43; damaged by fighters and exploded while trying to land. KIA MACR 3983

Based

Manston 1 December 1943 Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Assumption Church Cemetery East Taylor Township, Cambria County, PA Assumption Church Cemetery East Taylor Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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

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AAM Database.

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 Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 406 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia