The Wartime Memories Project - USAAF Leiston, Station 373

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Information. USAAF Leiston, Station 373 was home to 357th Fighter Group. The airfield is situated in Suffolk near Leiston, close to the village of Theberton. Today the site is privately owned and used for agriculture and a caravan site. A few of the buildings remain in poor condition as do parts of the runways and perimeter tracks. The Lion Inn, Theberton a pub well know to the flyers is still open for business. Squadrons stationed at Leiston 362nd  Fighter Sqd 363rd  Fighter Sqd from January 1944 to April 1945 364th  Fighter Sqd 365th  Fighter Sqd Photographs If you have any Photographs you would like to share please get in touch. List of those who served. Lt Fletcher E Adams 362nd  Fighter Sqd Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson Read his story Harry Anderson. crew Lt Richard A Anderson 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt George P Barrett 363rd Fighter Sqn Gene Barsalou. crew Myron Becraft. pilot. Lt Corlys A Bedford 365th Fighter Sqn Roger Bender. crew chief. Lt Alfred Bierweiller 362nd  Fighter Sqd Joe Black. pilot 362nd Fighter Sqd Lt James L Blanchard 362nd  Fighter Sqd Captain Don Bochkay. 363rd Fighter Sqd Read his story S.Sgt Louis Boudreau. Ground Crew Joe Broadhead Lt Kirby M Brown 364th    Fighter Sqd Robert D. Brown, 362nd Fighter Sqd Capt James W Browning 362nd  Fighter Sqd Read his story Lt Marion E Burnett 363rd Fighter Sqn Pat Buzzeo. crew chief. 357th Fighter Group. Lt Charles O Campbell 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt. Joe Cannon Lt Darwin J Carrol 364th    Fighter Sqd Major Leonard K. "Kit" Carson, 362nd FS Lt Harold D Chandler 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt John K Childs 363rd Fighter Sqn S/Sgt Clark. crew chief Lt James E Colburn 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt Frank J Connaghan 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt Warren B Corwin 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt Walter E Corby 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt Mathew Crawford 363rd Fighter Sqn Capt Glendon Davis. 364th Fighter Sqd Lt Herman H Delarger 362nd  Fighter Sqd Capt John H Denasha 364th    Fighter Sqd Joe DeShay. hangar chief Lt Warren J Doranski 363rd Fighter Sqn Col. Irwin Dregne. L.Col Hurbert I Egenes Dep Grp Cmdr Lt Ralph E Eisert 364th    Fighter Sqd Captain John England. pilot. 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt. Col Andrew Evans Capt Ellis A Rogers 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt Robert J Fandray 364th    Fighter Sqd Lt Donald J Ferron 363rd Fighter Sqn 1st Lt. Louis Fecher Capt Robert S Fifield 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt Daniel L Finley 364th    Fighter Sqd Lt. Ed Fry Major Robert Foy, 363rd Fighter Sqd Lt Sam C Fuller 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt Morris E Gallant 364th    Fighter Sqd Lt William W Gambill 363rd Fighter Sqn Maj Lawrence P Giarrizio 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt Jacob F Giel 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt William T Gilbert 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt Kenneth F Graeff 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt Santiago R Gutierrez 364th    Fighter Sqd Ken Hagan "Little Red" Harris. 364th Fighter Sqd Major Tommy Hayes. pilot Lt Wendell D Helwig 363rd Fighter Sqn Harry Hermanson Lt Roger A Hilsted 362nd  Fighter Sqd Maj Edwin W Hiro 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt Robert R Hoffman 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt Paul E Holmberg 362nd  Fighter Sqd Capt Lloyd M Hubbard 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt Joseph M Jenkins 364th    Fighter Sqd Lt Otto D Jenkins 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt Holsey C Johnson Jnr 362nd  Fighter Sqd Don Kocher Lt Frank Koka 363rd Fighter Sqn Robert Krull. crew Lt James W Leek 364th    Fighter Sqd Capt Arthur M Lingo 362nd  Fighter Sqd Jim Loersch. crew chief. Harvey Mace Lt Patrick J Mallione 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt Frederick C McCall 364th    Fighter Sqd Lt William R McGinley 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt William H Mooney 362nd  Fighter Sqd George Morris Capt Alva C Murphy 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt Louis E Nowlin 364th    Fighter Sqd 1st Lt. Gilbert O'Brien Captain William R. "OBee" O'Brien. 363rd Fighter Sqd. Read his story Lt Mark A Osbourne 365th Fighter Sqn Lt. Bill Overstreet. 363rd Fighter Sqn Read his story Capt. Hershel Pascoe Capt Davis T Perron 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt Walter N Perry Jnr 362nd  Fighter Sqd Capt. Richard "Bud" T Peterson. Hank Pfeiffer. pilot. Lt Joseph F Pierce 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt Dean Post 364th    Fighter Sqd Lt Lance W Pousette 365th Fighter Sqn Lt Alvin F Pyeatt 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt William C Reece 364th    Fighter Sqd Lt. Arval J. Roberson. 362nd Fighter Sqd John Roche. armourer. 364th Fighter Squadron. Lt Horace M Roycroft 363rd Fighter Sqn Lt Leroy A Ruder 364th    Fighter Sqd Lt Elmer D Rydberg 362nd  Fighter Sqd John Salsman Lt Robert L Schlieker 362nd  Fighter Sqd S.Sgt Melvin Schuneman Crew Chief Joe Shea. pilot 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt Edward K Simpson Jnr 363rd Fighter Sqn Read his story Lt Donovan D Siverts 363rd Fighter Sqn 2nd Lt. Alden Smith. pilot Lt Irvine A Smith 363rd Fighter Sqn Capt Richard C Smith 364th    Fighter Sqd Lt Manuel K Soo 364th    Fighter Sqd Dick Spicer. crew chief. Mark Stepelton. pilot. Major John A. Storch, 364th   Fighter Sqd Lt James E Strode 364th    Fighter Sqd Lt. John Sublett. pilot 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt Edwin R Sutton 364th    Fighter Sqd Lt Richard W Taylor 363rd  Fighter Sqd (d. 23rd Feb 1945) Lt William B Thompson 363rd Fighter Sqn Gerald Tyler Lt James A Valkwitch 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lt Konstantin J Vogel 362nd  Fighter Sqd Bob Wallen. pilot. Capt Jack Warren 364th    Fighter Sqd Capt. Charles E. Weaver. pilot. 362nd  Fighter Sqd Lowell Williams Lt Robert Wiser 364th    Fighter Sqd Flight Officer Chuck Yeager Maj Donald A Younglas 365th Fighter Sqn If you have any names to add to this list, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch. If you have a story which you would like to share, or a website dedicated to an airfield or aircrew, please get in touch. Send an E-mail to The Wartime Memories Project Links Friends Of Leiston Airfield Airfields Index The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation. This website is run out of our own pockets and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Or if you would like to send a cheque please email us for the postal address.. Website and ALL Material © Copyright MMII - All Rights Reserved