FLOWER Leland J - 423 BS 306 BGH

 

 Leland Joseph FLOWER

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICEO-419390
AGE25 yo
DATE OF BIRTH 6  April 1918 
ENLISTMENT STATE WASHINGTON
FAMILY

 

RANK2nd Lieutenant 
FONCTIONNavigator
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
 SQUADRON423rd Bomber Squadron 
 GROUP306th Bomber Group, Heavy 
ARMY8th US Air Force 
DATE OF DEATH1 May 1943

FLOWER Leland J mur

Source : F Lavernhe

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHNear Ile Molène
DATA PLAN 

B-17 Fortress - type F-50-BO - s/n 42-5422

blosville

Macr : 15619
Mission : St-Nazaire (44) base sous-marine
Take off station 111 Thurleigh, Bedfordshire UK - No crew member evacuated the aircraft - Rescued by the sailors of the Pax Vobis
Shot by flak and hunters

CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin)

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
Wall of the Missing
DECORATION

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

 

am 

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

 

usaf  8air force  306bg 306bgh 423bs 
306th Bomber Group, Heavy
 
STORY
 

 

Crew  of  B-17 Fortress - type F-50-BO - s/n 42-5422

 

1st Lieutenant Edwin Gaylord PIPP Pilot Prisonnier - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12   O-791496 - Né le 09/05/1919 - MICHIGAN
1st Lieutenant James B LEAR CoPilot Décédé MIA Cim Am Cambridge  O-662806 - PH - LOUISIANA 
2nd Lieutenant Leland J. FLOWER Navigator Décédé MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James  O-419390 - AM/PH - WASHINGTON 
T/Sergeant Eli Clayton ROGERS Mechanic/Gunner Prisonnier - Blessé  hospitalisé puis Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf   13032861 - Né le 27/09/1917 - NORTH CAROLINA  
T/Sergeant Buren C WILLIAMS Radio Décédé MIA Cim Am Cambridge  34136724 - AM+1/PH - MISSISSIPPI 
Sergeant James J MELILLO Bomber Prisonnier - Blessé, hospitalisé puis Stalag 9C Bad Sulza   12041751 - NEW YORK 
S/Sergeant Eddie  ZABAN Gunner Décédé MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 39160335 - AM+1/PH - CALIFORNIA 
Sergeant Edward KACZANOWSKI Gunner Décédé MIA Cim Am Cambridge  32397024 - AM/PH - NEW YORK 
S/Sergeant Norman A NEUWEILER Gunner Décédé Cim Am Cambridge   16098305 - ILLINOIS 
S/Sergeant James Lowell BABBS Gunner Prisonnier - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf   16072324 - Né le 05/10/1923 - ILLINOIS 
SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOUSAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries - Abmc.gov  -    -  Francecrashes39-45.net    - Findagrave.com      
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