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HASKELL, Leroy - Date of
birth
24 May 1909 -
Age
34 - Place of
birth
Imperial County, California -
Hometown
El Centro, Imperial County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39535407 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
368th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
3 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Sylvanus G. Haskell (father)
Georginia E. (Eady) Haskell (mother)
Lloyd Haskell (brother)
Glenn Haskell (brother)
Paul Haskell (brother)
Vivian (Boone) Haskell (sister)
Sylvanus J. Haskell (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30776 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Lady Marylin
Destination: Wilhelmshaven
Mission: Bombing of the U-boats yards
MACR: 1158
More information
S/Sgt Leroy Haskell worked on a farm. He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 17 September 1942.The airplane collided in mid-air with B-17 #42-3533. All crew members of both planes, twenty men in total, were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.fold3.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Stefan Warnier