Name:
Leburn W. Merritt
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
14067029
Unit:
326th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-02-08
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
Reedy Branch Cemetery, Broxton, Georgia
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Sgt Leburn W. Merritt, belly gunner of the B-17 42-31387, took off from station 109 in Podington, Bedfordshire, UK on a bombing mission over Frankfurt. The plane was shot down by Fw-190s and evacuated around 1040. Either the entire crew was not able to bail out or they did so at too low an altitude for their parachutes to open.