World War II Honoree

Leonard Charles Costanzo

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Rochester, New York

Honored By

Camille Q. Costanzo

Relationship

Wife

SERVED AS AN AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE MECHANIC, A DRILL SERGEANT, AND MILITARY POLICE BEFORE BEING SENT TO ENGLAND AS AN ARMORER GUNNER ON THE B-24 LIBERATOR WITH THE 445TH BOMB GROUP, 703RD BOMB SQUADRON, 2ND COMBAT WING, 2ND AIR DIVISION, 8TH AIR FORCE 'THE MIGHTY EIGHT'. STATIONED AT TIBENHAM, ENGLAND. SERVED FROM 1944 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A STAFF SERGEANT IN 1946. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 3 BRONZE STARS, THE AIR MEDAL, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE CONSPICUOUS SERVICE MEDAL.