Monuments
B-26 Marauder (41-31805) 'Wood's Rocket Raiders' Memorial
386th Bomber Group Monument (Great Dunmow)
Name:
Leon C. Higginbotham
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
553rd Bomber Squadron
Date of Death:
1944-07-28
State:
Cemetery:
Zachary Taylor Nat Cemetery, Louisville, Kent
Plot:
E
Row:
Grave:
152
Decoration:
Comments:
Co-pilot of the B-26 Marauder 41-31805, 1stLt Higginbotham took off from Dunmow, Essex, UK, before crashing into a FW-190 12km SO of Lisieux while on a mission to bomb a bridge near Ecouché.