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Operation: Lorient U Boat base
Date: April 16th 1943 (Friday)
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Type: B17F Flying Fortress
Serial: 42-5220
Code: KY-
Base: Chelveston, England (105)
Location: Kergurun - Languidic France
Pilot: 2lt. Lawrence L. Leach 0-661854 USAAF Age 27. Killed
Co-Pilot: 1lt. Homer P. Andersen 0-727147 USAAF Age 27. PoW Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria
Nav: 2lt. Voyle E. Spence 0-663426 USAAF Age 25. PoW Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria
Air/Bmr: 2lt. Donald H. Worsley 0-728325 USAAF PoW Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria
RO/Gnr: T/Sgt. Joseph W. Terrell 19082820 USAAF PoW Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria
BT/Gnr: S/Sgt. Jimmie H. Smith 15115781 USAAF Killed
TT/Eng: T/Sgt. David M. Bogdan 13041432 USAAF Age 22. Kiled
RW/Gnr: S/Sgt. John J. Toth USAAF Killed
LW/Gnr: S/Sgt. Floyd M. Williamson 17057644 USAAF Killed
T/Gnr: S/Sgt. Leroy F. Sykes 33189346 USAAF PoW Stalag 17B - Gniexendorf
Reason for loss:
Shot down and crashed at Kergurun in the Languid area of France. No further details and we welcome any new information on this loss. With thanks to Michel Beckers for information and photographs.
Above L-R: 2lt. Voyle E. Spence, 2lt. Lawrence L. Leach, Voyle E. Spence with his wife Ruth (courtesy Michel Beckers)
Burial Details:2nd/Lt. Lawrence L. Leach, Jr. Brittany American Cemetery. Plot E. Row 1. Grave 5. From Kentucky, USA.
S/Sgt. Jimmie H. Smith. Brittany American Cemetery. Plot E. Row 1. Grave 18. From West Virginia, USA.
S/Sgt. Floyd M. Williamson. Brittany American Cemetery. Plot M. Row 1. Grave 24. From Kansas, USA.
T/Sgt. David M. Bogdan. Arlington National Cemetery. Sec. 34 Site. 4126. From Pennsylvania, USA.
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