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1LT Ernest W. Leach

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1LT Ernest W. Leach Veteran

Birth
Death
9 Aug 1944
Burial
Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France GPS-Latitude: 48.5196578, Longitude: -1.3036074
Plot
D ~ Row 17 ~ Grave 9
Memorial ID
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Service # O-800000
Unit 405th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group
Rank First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

P-47 Pilot, last seen on a bombing run on August 9, 1944. Lt Leach reported he was low on fuel as he began his bombing run but the last anyone saw him was when he released his bombs.
Service # O-800000
Unit 405th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group
Rank First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

P-47 Pilot, last seen on a bombing run on August 9, 1944. Lt Leach reported he was low on fuel as he began his bombing run but the last anyone saw him was when he released his bombs.

Inscription

1LT 405 FTR SQ 371 FTR GP MASSACHUSETTS

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Massachusetts



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  • Maintained by: WWII History Fan
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56350937/ernest_w-leach: accessed ), memorial page for 1LT Ernest W. Leach (unknown–9 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56350937, citing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by WWII History Fan (contributor 48178484).