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Personal info

Full name
STOUDT, Leland Martin
Date of birth
7 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Lenhartsville, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Centre, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-816724
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
505th Fighter Squadron,
339th Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Airbase Handorf-Münster, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 2 5

Immediate family

Members
John Stoudt (father)
Eva M. Stoudt (mother)
Lillian M. Stoudt (sister)
Mabel A. Stoudt (sister)
John W. Stoudt (brother)
Dorothy S. Stoudt (sister)
Ruth E. Stoudt (sister)
Charles W. Stoudt (brother)
Donald H. Stoudt (brother)
James H. Stoudt (brother)
Joseph G. Stoudt (brother)
Helen J. Stoudt (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
44-14115
Data
Type: P-51D
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Bomber escort
MACR: 10292

More information

Leland M. Stoudt volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 16 December 1941.

The mission for the bombers was to attack Merseburg, but due to bad weather, targets of opportunity were attacked. An airfield northeast of Münster was one of the targets.

Lt Stoudt was shot down by flak over this target.

He was initially buried at the POW cemetery in Haus Spital on 23 November 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, 339th Fighter Group Association, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238601 - page 272, 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: 339th Fighter Group Association, Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com