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SSGT Woodrow Liebe

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SSGT Woodrow Liebe

Birth
Kalona, Washington County, Iowa, USA
Death
12 Feb 1944 (aged 26)
Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
Burial
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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E, 216-217
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Unit 487th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group, Medium
Recipient of the Air Medal with three OLCs and the Purple Heart with OLC.

Departed Pompei A/D on a bombing mission to Campoleone, Italy Feb 13, 1944. The aircraft was last seen after leaving the bombing and over the "Anzio Beachhead".

Crew:
1LT Joseph W Boston, Jr,Pilot
2LT Charles H Chandler, Co-Pilot
1LT Robert B Alexander, Bombardier
SSGT Woodrow Liebe, Radio/Gunner
SSGT William Isaacowitz, Gunner
SSGT Paul A Rupert, Top Gunner

Liebe was returned from Nattuno Cemetery, Italy and re interred in a common grave with three of his crew mates (Isaacowitz, Rupert, and Alexander) at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, January 19, 1950.
Unit 487th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group, Medium
Recipient of the Air Medal with three OLCs and the Purple Heart with OLC.

Departed Pompei A/D on a bombing mission to Campoleone, Italy Feb 13, 1944. The aircraft was last seen after leaving the bombing and over the "Anzio Beachhead".

Crew:
1LT Joseph W Boston, Jr,Pilot
2LT Charles H Chandler, Co-Pilot
1LT Robert B Alexander, Bombardier
SSGT Woodrow Liebe, Radio/Gunner
SSGT William Isaacowitz, Gunner
SSGT Paul A Rupert, Top Gunner

Liebe was returned from Nattuno Cemetery, Italy and re interred in a common grave with three of his crew mates (Isaacowitz, Rupert, and Alexander) at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, January 19, 1950.

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