Turner Leslie Peyton

Name:

Leslie Peyton Turner

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-2056325

Unit:

783rd Bomber Squadron, 465th Bomb Group

Date of Death:

1945-02-16

State:

Georgia

Cemetery:

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France

Plot:

G

Row:

10

Grave:

5

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Leslie Peyton Turner was born on September 20, 1917, in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. He was the son of Thomas Peyton Turner and Annie Elizabeth Horton Turner. He served in the 783rd Bomber Squadron, 465th Bomb Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and Navigator of B-24J Liberator #42-51871 during World War II.

On February 16, 1945, while carrying out a bombing mission over Regensburg, Germany, the aircraft was struck by flak, causing it to catch fire and explode in mid-air near Haselbach, Bavaria. Seven crew members were killed, while the two survivors were captured and taken as prisoners of war.

2Lt Turner was among those who lost their lives in the crash and is now buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France.

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