2LT Leslie Wardell “Les” King Veteran

Birth: 25 Jun 1922
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
Death: 24 Apr 1944 (aged 21)
Saint-Saens, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Burial: Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot: Plot A Row 3 Grave 23
Memorial ID: 56646402 View Source

B-17 42-31445 Pilot Walt Peterson, Co-pilot: Leslie King, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Antonio Celli, Radio Operator: Archie Smith, Ball turret gunner: John Bell, Waist gunner: Roger Burton (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Chris Dinkel, Bombardier: Edmond Storolis, Waist gunner: Clarry Marlow, Tail gunner: Roderick McAllister (4 Prisoner of War, all returned); flak KOd #4 engine, four bailed before ship exploded, crashed St Saens, 19 miles SE of Dieppe, France; Missing Air Crew Report 4280.

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