Leycester D. Havens

The Man Behind the Name

§ Biography

S/Sgt. Leycester D. Havens served in the tail gunner position on the Ploesti mission of 1 August 1943 with the 93rd Bomb Group. Source documents refer to him alternatively as Sylvester Havens and L.D. Havens, a discrepancy that has not been fully resolved.

According to the crew questionnaire, Havens was killed in the turret as the aircraft reached the initial point (I.P.), before the bomb run. He was killed in action prior to the crash landing.

Service record.

§ As Catalogued

Rank

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number

38202168

Missions flown.

1 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943

The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

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