World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Leonard Robert Willette
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Belleville, New Jersey
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
Relationship
Veteran
SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 322ND FIGHTER GROUP, 99TH FIGHTER SQUADRON (TUSKEGEE AIRMEN) AT RAMITELLI AIRFIELD, ITALY. PILOT OF THE P-51 MUSTANG FIGHTER, "WRONG WOMAN", THAT CRASHED DUE TO ENGINE TROUBLE WHILE ON A BOMBER ESCORT MISSION TO MUNICH, GERMANY ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1944. AWARDED AIR MEDAL.