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1LT Joseph Leonard Albury Jr. Veteran

Birth: 13 Feb 1917
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Death: 20 Aug 1944 (aged 27)
La Palasse, Departement du Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Burial: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot: E, 53-54
Memorial ID: 3295301 View Source

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Zachary Taylor National Cemetery

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Originally Created by: US Veterans Affairs Office
Added: Mar 3, 2000
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3295301/joseph_leonard-albury: accessed ), memorial page for 1LT Joseph Leonard Albury Jr. (13 Feb 1917–20 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 3295301, citing Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Vindicator I (contributor 49013635).

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Pilot 1LT Joseph Leonard Albury, Jr (colorized)

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Original photo taken by photographer S/Sgt Peter Holmes aboard another 17th BG aircraft on 20 August 1944, over Toulon, France. Witnessing an 88 mm, AAA shell exploding and removing the starboard engine of Leonard's plane, 42-107735, named “Flossie's Fury".

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Head stone, common grave; Leonard, 2nd Lt Joseph J Casey, 2nd Lt Edgar W Hawthorne and 1st Lt Paul Marshall, Jr. interred together for eternity at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. Section/Plot E, Grave/Lot 53-54

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Leonard,s obituary, finally returned to the United States 23 April 1949. Due to individual identification not being possible at the time Leonard, 2nd Lt Joseph J Casey, 2nd Lt Edgar W Hawthorne and 1st Lt Paul Marshall, Jr.were interred in a common grave at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. More or less centrally located to the location of all four families. Leonard was from Miami, Florida 926 miles away as the B-26 fly's (military humor)...

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Leonard's father holding the photo of Leonard's damaged Marauder taken by 17th BG photographer S/Sgt Peter Holmes, minutes before he was KIA.

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1st Lt Joseph Leonard Albury, Jr. Original Crew, 474th Bomb Squadron, 335th Bomb Group, B-26 Marauder Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Barksdale Field, Shreveport, Louisiana, dated 26 March 1944.

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By order of Barksdale Field HQ Special Order No. 84 dated 24 March 1944 assigned Leonard and his crew designated as #12 of the 474th BS were deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations

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Interment record for Leonard, 2nd Lt Joseph J Casey, 2nd Lt Edgar W Hawthorne and 1st Lt Paul Marshall, Jr. at the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, interred 23 April 1949.

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AAF letter to Leonard's father announcing the posthumous award of the Air Medal, with 1 Silver and 4 bronze Oak-Leaf Clusters, and an abbreviated list of Leonard's 34 missions.

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Cadet Leonard Albury, Eagle Field, Dos Palos, CA January 1944

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Believed to be cadet Leonard Albury, Jr. in training. No documents or letters in support, however from the building architecture behind Leonard, this is likely Randolph Field, TX.

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Leonard in his barracks doing what airmen do, shine stuff including boots in this case. Location not certain, likely Eagle Field, CA

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Pilot Leonard, large smile.

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Memorial painting with Leonard watching over his crew.

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Pilot Leonard small smile.

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Joseph Leonard Albury, Jr without head cover, or photo air brushing.

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Civilian Joseph Leonard Albury, Jr

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Albury family circa 1919

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Dear Joseph ;
Today at 14h38 (french hour)I came and stayed a moment exactly where you died 65 years ago.
We'll never forget you.

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The Miami Herald
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12 Apr 1949, Tue • Page 9

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This marker at the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, memorializes the sacrifice by 1st Lieutenant Joseph L. Albury, Jr., and others, on 20 Aug 1944 with the US Army Air Corps. Photo was taken on 18 Jan 2010.

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