Leonard Edmond Wyrwas
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
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