| Name | Leigh, James Carl |
| Rank | Sergeant / Staff Sergeant |
| Serial Number | 37226866 |
| Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #71 dated 15 August 1943, effective 15 August 1943. |
| Duty | Flexible Gunner |
| MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
| Last Duty Date | 18 April 1944 |
| Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
| Additional Information |
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| Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
| CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd Lt. Price, William Merriman, III⇗ | Pilot | CT |
| 2nd Lt. Coleman, Lee Browning⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
| 2nd Lt. Harvey, Harry Blakely, Jr⇗ | Navigator | INT |
| 2nd Lt. Arquette, Leroy Arthur⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
| S/SGT. Smith, Robert Eugene⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
| S/SGT. Beaty, Earl Richard⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
| SGT. Griffin, Daniel (NMI)⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | KIA |
| SGT. Grant, Ralph Gilbert⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
| SGT. Leigh, James Carl | Flexible Gunner | CT |
| Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18⇗ | 27 August 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Watten, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30043⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 19⇗ | 31 August 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30043⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 20⇗ | 3 September 1943 |
Target: Air Park and Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30043⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 21⇗ | 6 September 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30043⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF West Malling, Kent, due to low fuel. Returned to Station 106 at 1530 hours. Flak hole in left elevator. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 23⇗ | 9 September 1943 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29699⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 24⇗ | 16 September 1943 |
Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River) Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29699⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ditched in the English Channel Near Hope Cove, Knightsbridge, Devon (about 15 miles SE of Plymouth), after being damaged by enemy aircraft; crew rescued by a fishing boat; Leigh was injured and hospitalized in Hope Cove until 2 October; no MACR; all returned to duty. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 29⇗ | 8 October 1943 |
Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29987⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back, the right waist gunner "could not stand altitude." Sortie Report⇗ |
| 40⇗ | 5 December 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑5838⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation for duration of mission. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group, high Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 45⇗ | 22 December 1943 |
Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑5838⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead Sortie Report⇗ |
| 47⇗ | 30 December 1943 |
Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3087⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 48⇗ | 31 December 1943 |
Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead, because lead ship had to be replaced; Capt Frink transferred to this ship. Landed away at Kimbolton; bombs returned. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 53⇗ | 14 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3441⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Lead group high Squadron lead. Did not take off. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 60⇗ | 6 February 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97449⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97449⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Assumed position of high Squadron deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 69⇗ | 2 March 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31871⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 70⇗ | 3 March 1944 |
Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 71⇗ | 4 March 1944 |
Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 72⇗ | 6 March 1944 |
Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37801⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off High group deputy, 40th Composite Combat Wing. Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 73⇗ | 8 March 1944 |
Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37801⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 86⇗ | 9 April 1944 |
Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 87⇗ | 10 April 1944 |
Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97237⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 90⇗ | 18 April 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97367⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |