Len's 9th Air Force B-26 Marauder. Len flew a second tour of duty over Europe with the 9th Air Force after being one of the first to complete 25 missions in the 95th with the 8th.
Len in 1943 and circa 1985. Below, Leonard and me, July 2008 in Columbus, GA. I flew down to visit my great friend for a few days. Len passed away in early October 2008. 
Below: Famous Eighth Air Force photo of Leonard's B-17 limping back from the Trondheim Mission to Norway to bomb the heavy water plants there. Len is in the nose, praying.
Len's crewmates on the Johnny Johnson crew, 95th Bomb Group, Horham, England, in front of their plane, 'Ten Nights in a Bar Room/The Brass Rail" before the Kiel Mission. Len is center, chin on hand. His pilot, Johnny Johnson, is to the right in the overseas cap. Bill Crossley, the top gunner of the U.S. 8th Air Force, is in rear at left. A few missions later, pilot Johnson was killed and Leonard wounded on the second Kiel mission.
Len looks down from the astrodome in this early US Air Corps publicity photo shot in England in early 1943.
Theater-made cartoon of 'The Brass Rail' under heavy attack.
Len's bomb-arming pins that he saved, one from each mission.
Len's crewmates on the Johnny Johnson crew, 95th Bomb Group, Horham, England, in front of their plane, 'Ten Nights in a Bar Room/The Brass Rail" before the Kiel Mission. Len is center, chin on hand. His pilot, Johnny Johnson, is to the right in the overseas cap. Bill Crossley, the top gunner of the U.S. 8th Air Force, is in rear at left. A few missions later, pilot Johnson was killed and Leonard wounded on the second Kiel mission.
Len looks down from the astrodome in this early US Air Corps publicity photo shot in England in early 1943.
Theater-made cartoon of 'The Brass Rail' under heavy attack.
Len's bomb-arming pins that he saved, one from each mission.Leonard and me, July 2008 in Columbus, GA. I flew down to visit my great friend for a few days. Len passed away in early October 2008.
A photo tribute of Leonard Herman by a friend of mine. Photo shows Leonard as an Air Corps officer.
Leonard's 9th Air Force uniform, theater-made in London, England. Now in a private collection back east.
Leonard's funeral, Mt. Sharon Cemetery, Philly. Left-center are Len's two brothers. Center is his daughter, Linda. I attended this funeral in October 2008.
Leonard's ashes were interned in this small plot. Today, six months later, the grave has no stone.
Len's nephew Murray Blank (R) at Mt. Sharon Cemetery, Philly after Len's funeral.
A photo tribute of Leonard Herman by a friend of mine. Photo shows Leonard as an Air Corps officer.
Leonard's 9th Air Force uniform, theater-made in London, England. Now in a private collection back east.
Leonard's funeral, Mt. Sharon Cemetery, Philly. Left-center are Len's two brothers. Center is his daughter, Linda. I attended this funeral in October 2008.
Leonard's ashes were interned in this small plot. Today, six months later, the grave has no stone. 
Len's nephew Murray Blank (R) at Mt. Sharon Cemetery, Philly after Len's funeral.
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