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LE BARON, Louis - Date of
birth
2 February 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Queens County, New York -
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32197272 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
568th Bombardment Squadron,
390th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
8 March 1944 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
unknown
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31717 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Magdeburg, Germany
MACR: 2988
More information
T/Sgt Louis Le Baron was an orphan. He worked as a meat cutter.He enlisted on 2 February 1942 at Camp Upton, New York.
About 1330 hrs, A/C 717, 390th Group, was observed going down near Magdeburg, A/C 717 had been attacked by enemy aircraft after which it nosed up, made a loop with one engine smoking. Then two chutes came out, A/C made another loop and 4 more chutes observed. A/C then went down in a spin with wings and bomb bays afire.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.390th.org, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card, Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum Records
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - patootie