Serviceman
Leonard M Brothers
Play his story on the map built from his record
- Army serial number
- 78782382
- Rank
- SGT (14 June 1944), S/Sgt (18 July 1944)
- Hometown
- LUBBOCK TX; Lubbock, TX
- Also written
- Leonard Brothers
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 136
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
- Jack H. Leatherman Crew · 840th
Missions placed on him
- mission 50, 15 July 1944 · Ploesti · The Jack H. Leatherman crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 136)
- mission 53, 22 July 1944 · Ploesti · The Jack H. Leatherman crew's history names Ploesti: one of 6 missions there in its time (p. 136)
- mission 58, 28 July 1944 · Ploesti · The Jack H. Leatherman crew's history names Ploesti: one of 6 missions there in its time (p. 136)
- mission 60, 31 July 1944 · Ploesti · The Jack H. Leatherman crew's history names Ploesti: one of 6 missions there in its time (p. 136)
- mission 65, 10 August 1944 · Ploesti · The Jack H. Leatherman crew's history names Ploesti: one of 6 missions there in its time (p. 136)
- mission 71, 18 August 1944 · Ploesti · The Jack H. Leatherman crew's history names Ploesti: one of 6 missions there in its time (p. 136)
- mission 72, 19 August 1944 · Ploesti · The Jack H. Leatherman crew's history names Ploesti: one of 6 missions there in its time (p. 136)
- mission 74, 22 August 1944 · Odertal · The Jack H. Leatherman crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 136)
- mission 138, 18 December 1944 · Odertal · The Jack H. Leatherman crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 136)
A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 1944 | Air Medal | 1048 | SGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
1 entry, first 18 July 1944, last 18 July 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1944-07-18 840th: Above 8 0 & 11 EM fr dy to MIA as of 15 Jul 44, are dropped fr the rolls this date.
National Archives pages: roll 481433713 p. 503
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