Lieutenant Leon L. Ballard, pilot

Creator

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Identifier

20032357

Description

First Lieutenant Leon L. Ballard, Houston, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Y. Ballard, pilot and plane commander of a Super Fortress of the 21st Bomber Command, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He also holds the Air Medal. Ballard participated in the first B-29 incendiary bombing of Tokyo, Japan last March 10. His super fortress carried a war correspondent from the Boston Globe, who wrote an eye-witness report to the combined American press of that raid. Publish in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, July 2, 1945.

Archival Date

1945-06-26

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-344

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White;Copy of Original Image

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Military air pilot; Portrait photographs; Awards