Leonard Fetcher Gibbs
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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
- 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: 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
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Canvey Point
- Site type: Airfield
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 |
Revisions
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