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Personal info

Full name
LEAKE, Farrer Fields Jr
Date of birth
23 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
O-814096
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
305th Squadron,
442nd Troop Carrier Group
Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Near Rance, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 67

Immediate family

Members
Farrer F. Leake (father)
Lena M. (Smith) Leake (mother)
Dorothy (Palmertree) Leake (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
45-15131
Data
Type: C-47A
Nickname: Lady Eve
Destination: On course between Y-29 & A-70, Movements
MACR: 10687

More information

1st Lt Farrer F. Leake, Jr, graduated from Memphis Technical High School in 1939. He was a salesman for Stewart Brothers Hardware Company.
He entered the service on 5 May 1942 and was sent overseas in December, 1943.
A/C-47 aircraft, number 43-15131 piloted by 1 st lt Roger L Aldrin 305 th Troop Carrier Group had a mid air collision at approximately 1130 hours, 30 November 1944, near Rance, Belgium

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Jac Engels, Memphis Technical High School 1939