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Duncan Leonard Ervin

Name:
Leonard Ervin Duncan
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-725020
Unit:
364th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-02-16
State:
Missouri
Cemetery:
Mount Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Missouri
Plot:
17
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:

2nd Lt Leonard Ervin Duncan, bombardier of the B-17 42-5058 “Hun Hunter”, took off from station 105 in Chelveston, Nothamptonshire, UK at 0900 on a bombing mission over Saint Nazaire’s “Flak Alley” to target the submarine pens there. The plane was shot down by a German fighter and evacuated at 1112. The locals only saw one parachute but two crew members survived.