Name:
Robert W. Leslie
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-695070
Unit:
324th Fighter Group, 316th Fighter Squadron
Date of Death:
1944-10-30
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetary, Epinal, France
Plot:
B
Row:
35
Grave:
12
Decoration:
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
1st Lieutenant Leslie took off from the Amberieux-en-Bugey airport on October 30 as part of a convoy mission from Dole-Tavaux to Marseille. Due to the heavy fog that day, his plane, a B-25 Mitchell C-15-42-32428, crashed on a hillside 17km from Bourg-en-Bresse.