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FEINGOLD, Leonard Herbert - Date of
birth
8 April 1921 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts -
Religion
Jewish
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-688744 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
713th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 January 1944 - Place of
death
In the vcinity of Neumünster, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 40 | 42 |
Immediate family
-
Members
George Feingold (father)
Bessie (Shecter) Feingold (mother)
Doris Feingold (sister)
Liles Feingold (sister)
Esther F. Feingold (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-7712 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of Krupp Germaniawerft U-boat yards
MACR: 2514
More information
2nd Lieutenant Leonard H. Feingold graduated from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1942 and enlisted at Fort Devens in January 1943.The aircraft was hit by a direct flak hit and exploded in the air not long after it was hit.
Three crew members survived because they were blown out of the aircraft.
"It is believed that the Navigator, Co-Pilot and myself made a succesfull parachute jump because we all had on Back type chutes that day, whereas the others had on chest packs and were unable to put them on in time".
-Statement of Captain James E Curtis:
"Navigator said that he saw Second Lieutenant Feingold crouching over the nose wheel door opening with one hand on his rip-chord. This was the last that he was seen".
-Statement of Lieutenant Emmett J Moore:
Lt Feingold was first buried on 7 January 1944 in the Northern Cemetery, Glueckstadt.
Source of information: Daisy Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Fagin Family Tree / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards, 1942-1947, www.8thafhs.com/db/index.php, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-11, Big Spring AAF, Texas