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Personal info

Full name
LEFFLER, Patrick L
Date of birth
16 September 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39291617
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Asst Radio Operator/Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
613th Bombardment Squadron,
401st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 April 1944
Place of death
Near Pont-Remy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 33 56

Immediate family

Members
Walter Leffler (father)
Ellen Leffler (mother)
Walter E. Leffler (brother)
Margaret Leffler (sister)
Joseph Leffler (brother)
Mary Leffler (sister)
Anna C. Leffler (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31593
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Carrie B
Mission: Bois Coquerel, France
MACR: 4054

More information

Sgt Patrick L Leffler attended Thomas Jefferson High School.

He enlisted in the Air Corps on 30 March 1943 and arrived in England in 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.remember-our-heroes.nl

Photo source: Mireille Goedhart, The Southwest Wave - 14 July 1944