Name:
LeRoy W. Saunders
Rank:
Flight Officer
Serial Number:
T-061881
Unit:
316th Fighter Squadron, 324th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-09-04
State:
Connecticut
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemtery, Epinal, France
Plot:
B
Row:
53
Grave:
12
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Took off from Istres, France, on an armed reconnaissance mission. Machine gunned a munitions wagon which exploded with such force that it took down his fighter plane. 23 years old, from Norwich, Connecticut.
From find a Grave:
He was flying a P-47D which took off from Istres, France on an armored recon mission. At about 180hrs during the strafing of an ammunition train his aircraft was damaged by an explosion and crashed in the "Le Bois du Roy" at Perreuil, six miles east of Le Creusot. On 8 May 1995 a monument and plaque were unveiled on the site.