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Personal info

Full name
KISAMORE, Leo Riffle "Crip"
Date of birth
27 February 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
Hometown
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
T-000104
Rank
Flight Officer
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
367th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
15 May 1943
Place of death
North Sea, about 20 miles north of Helgoland, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James M. Kisamore (father)
Mary E. (Riffle) Kisamore (mother)
Kenneth L. Kisamore (brother)
Norwood Kisamore (brother)
Kathryn L. (Miller) Kisamore (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-29677
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Battlin' B
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the submarine construction works
MACR: 16059

More information

Leo R. Kisamore attended Allegany High School and was prominent in athletics.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army enlisted in Washington, District of Columbia on 22 September 1941.

On the way to the target the aircraft became disabled by emeny fighters over the North Sea and crashed. Six crew members were killed in the airplane or in the crash, four men were rescued by fishermen and taken prisoner.

F/O Kisamore was killed by a direct hit of 20 mm canon fire.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR, http://forum.armyairforces.com, www.ancestry.com - Bonnie Church & Maurice Vetter Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Cumberland Evening Times

Photo source: André Koch, www.ancestry.com - Allegany High School Yearbook 1939, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot 42-K Minter California