Name:
Leroy Elmer Cagle
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
1387 Base Unit, 15th Air Force
Date of Death:
1945-03-03
State:
California
Cemetery:
Dixon Cemetery, Dixon, Solano County, California
Plot:
Section 1, Lot 80, Crypt II
Row:
Grave:
B
Decoration:
Comments:
2LT Leroy Cagle was born on June 19, 1925 and was from California. On March 3, 1945 he was a crewmember ( Co-Pilot) on B-17G (44-88325) of the 1379th Base Unit, 15th Air Force ferrying their aircraft from Iceland to Wales when the plane crashed in bad weather on the Scottish peak of Beinn Edra on the Trotternish Ridge on the isle of Skye near the town of Staffin. The plane was destined of the base Gioa del Colle for operations in Italy with the 15th Air Force. All nine members of the crew perished. The town of Staffin remembers the crew with a plaque on the town war memorial and with a plaque at the crash site.