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Leonard Gene Frank

Name:
Gene Frank Leonard
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
37513937
Unit:
398th Bomber Group, 601st Bomber Squadron
Date of Death:
1987-05-13
State:
Kansas
Cemetery:
Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA
Plot:
Memory Garden 1
Row:
Lot 32
Grave:
Space 3
Decoration:
Comments:

Machine Gunner of the B-17 Flying Fortress 42-102516, shot down over Flamanville on 13 August 1944. The plane took off from Air Base 131 Nuthampstead in the UK to attack troops on the ground in Le Manoir. They were shot down by flak at 1320. The entire crew survived the crash. SSgt Leonard successfully evaded capture.