Leonard Fetcher Gibbs

Military
media-38200.jpeg UPL 38200 1st Lt. Lloyd L. Burns and crew, 379th Bomb Group, 525th Bomb Squadron.

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Object Number - UPL 38200 - 1st Lt. Lloyd L. Burns and crew, 379th Bomb Group, 525th Bomb Squadron.

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Returned from Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. Returned to Duty (RTD) MACR 6983



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.



Middle name either Fletcher [death record]or Fetcher [draft reg]. Serial no. either 19024622 [MACR] or 10924622 [Enlistment]

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14079510 / O-810816
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heavenly Body II
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

San Rafael, CA 7 May 1920 Son of Charles L and Emma L Gibbs.

Enlisted

Hamilton Field, CA 21 April 1942 Hamilton Field California

Other

Returned (RTD)

Canvey Island 19 June 1944 Returned from Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. RTD MACR 6983

Died

Lucerne, CA 12 February 2010

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.
Lucerne, CA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6983 / MACR 6983; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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