The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Leo C Brooks

HQ

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Rank
1LT (14 June 1944), CAPT (6 September 1944), CAPT (13 September 1944), CAPT (10 January 1945), MAJ (18 May 1945)
Hometown
HAUCHUCA AZ; HUACHUCA AZ; FORT HUACHUCA AZ; Mauchuca AZ; Hauchuca AZ
Also written
Leo Brooks
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. another record shares the name Brooks, Leo C (units HQ, 840th, serials None, None); may be the same man

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
14 June 1944Air Medal10481LT
14 June 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster10481LT
6 September 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster3149CAPT
13 September 1944Distinguished Flying Cross3332CAPT
10 January 1945Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster171CAPT
18 May 1945Air Medal3250MAJ

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 10: EUGENE T.BISSINGER · 20 April 1945
AFPPA-12
CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Your name EUGENE T.BISSINGER
Rank ISILT Serial No. 0828651
LEO C. BROOKS
2. Organization A.C. Gp Commander W. BARTON Rank Coh. Sqn CO
Rank MAjOR
(full name)
(full name)
3. What year 1944
month APRIL
day 20
did you go down?
4.
What was the mission, FORTEZZA
, target,
M/YARds.
, target
t ime, 12:00
altitude, scheduled,
, ,route flown
Where were you when you left formation ? IN RALLY OFF TARGET
6. Did you bail out?
No.
7.
Did other members of crew bail out? ALL BUT ONE ( NAVIGATOR
8. Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whom no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A crew list is attached. Please
give facts. If you don't know, say: "No Knowledge". EIGHT MEMBERS OF CREW
BAILEd OUT THRU side DOOR APPROZIMATELY TEN To TWENTY FIVE MILES
DUE WEST OF FORTELZA, ITALY. ALL PARACHUTES WERE SEEN OPEN
IN A VALLEYOF A MOUNTAIN 50 To:- MILES
9.
Where did your aircraft strike the ground? S.W.BYW. of FORTEZZA ITALY.
10. What members of your crew were in the aircraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual questionnaires) NAVIGATOR AND / PiloT
(MYSELF)
11. Where were they in aircraft? PiloTiN PiloT SEAT-NAVIGATOR IN CoPiloT SEAT
NAVIGATOR-DISLOCATEDFINGER RIGHT HAND-CUT OVER LEFT EYE
12.
What was their conditio, BRUISITS AND CUTS OVER FACE PiLoT- - BROKEN LEFT HAND
AND FORFINGER -BRUISA AND CUTS ON LEFT SIDEOF FACE - -BOTh ANKLES SPRAINED
13. When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed above? THEENGINEER WAS HiT or shoulder BY FLAK OVER TARGEL
BUT PARACHATED OUT OF PLANE with REST OF CREW MEMBERS.
I LEARNED LATER THAT HE was GIVEN MEDICAL CARE BYA
GERMAN WOMAN DOSTER THRU PARTISAN ACTIVITIES
14. Please give any similar information or. personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information.
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862,AF

National Archives, MACR 13817, page 10 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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