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LEISHMAN, Samuel Payne - Date of
birth
1921 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
California -
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-758013 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
670th Bombardment Squadron,
416th Bombardment Group, Light
-
Awards
unknown
Death
-
Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
15 October 1944 - Place of
death
8,5 Miles SE of Sézanne, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 9 | 42 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Fred A. Leishman (father)
Mabel A. Leishman (mother)
Frederick N. Leishman (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-39196 -
Data
Type: A-26B-15-DL
Destination: Area Sézanne, France
Mission: Training
MACR: Not available
More information
2nd Lt Samuel P. Leishman joined the Regular Army in Los Angeles, California on 15 June 1942.Pilot and crew were on a local formation training flight when bad weather moved in. Lt. Leishman struck a large tree while making an instrument descent. Leischman's plane was last seen near Sézanne, flying very low. He had evidently been trying to let down through the overcast. The plane was in a 30-degree dive when it struck a large tree on a hill-side in very hilly country. The pilot and his two gunners, Sergeants Joseph F. Siracusa and Eugene H. Shempren, were killed in the crash.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.416th.com/Memorials/670-LeishmanSamuel_Memorial.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot Class Book 43-J Williams Field Arizona