On April 7, 1945 a young tail gunner, Leon L. Barnes was killed when a piece of another plane crashed into his. Join me as i ead Myra's history with a bit of information I have gathered, and three pieces of American public domain music.

Wen Airman Barnes enlisted he was 5'10" tall and weighed 145 pounds. He had brown eyes and hair and fair skin. He had one sibling, a twin sister.

Listen to Myra Manfrina's history of Sgt. Leon L. Barnes!

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Gold Brick

Tin LIzzie

418 Bombardment Squadron

B-17 Tail Gunner

Lompoc Valley Fallen Warriors Memorial

War Telegrams

Bushen, Germany

418th Bombardment Squadron

Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery

Music by the 101th Army Band