Leo served as a Flight Officer/Bombardier in the 437th Bomber Squadron, 391th Bomber Group (Medium) when his plane was attacked by a ME-109 BF and made a crashlanding near the coast in the sea at Jan. 16, 1944.
Name and Rank, Flight Officer Leo C. Akridge Jr.
Unit/placed, 437th Bomber Squadron, 319.th Bomber Group (Medium).
Leo was born approx. in 1920 in Michigan.
Father, Leo C. Akridge.
Mother, Bernice E. (Weinrich) Akridge.
Brothers, Phillip E. , Arthur W. and James M. Akridge.
Entered the service from Tennessee. Service ID: T-223074.
Leo C, Akridge Jr rank/duty was a Flight Officer/Bombardier (B-26) in the 437th Bomber Squadron.
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Leo's crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-26 were;
F/O. Harold G. Kantner, Pilot
F/O. Leonard E. Holmes, Co Pilot
F/O. Leo C. Akridge, Bombardier
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Leo was KIA when the plane was shot down on the way back by a ME 109 BF and crashed landed at the Coast, on Jan. 16, 1944, and he is honored with an Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Thanks to http://www.319thbombgroup.com/
Jean Louis Figs, WW2-Pacific Website.
Leo served as a Flight Officer/Bombardier in the 437th Bomber Squadron, 391th Bomber Group (Medium) when his plane was attacked by a ME-109 BF and made a crashlanding near the coast in the sea at Jan. 16, 1944.
Name and Rank, Flight Officer Leo C. Akridge Jr.
Unit/placed, 437th Bomber Squadron, 319.th Bomber Group (Medium).
Leo was born approx. in 1920 in Michigan.
Father, Leo C. Akridge.
Mother, Bernice E. (Weinrich) Akridge.
Brothers, Phillip E. , Arthur W. and James M. Akridge.
Entered the service from Tennessee. Service ID: T-223074.
Leo C, Akridge Jr rank/duty was a Flight Officer/Bombardier (B-26) in the 437th Bomber Squadron.
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Leo's crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-26 were;
F/O. Harold G. Kantner, Pilot
F/O. Leonard E. Holmes, Co Pilot
F/O. Leo C. Akridge, Bombardier
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Leo was KIA when the plane was shot down on the way back by a ME 109 BF and crashed landed at the Coast, on Jan. 16, 1944, and he is honored with an Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Thanks to http://www.319thbombgroup.com/
Jean Louis Figs, WW2-Pacific Website.
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