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I can only find one Leonard P. Klimas in the NARA database and according to his obit, he was an Air Corps vet.

"Klimas, Leonard P. "Clancy" Irondequoit. Saturday, March 25, 2006. Clancy is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 55 years, Edna Mae Klimas, children, Mark (Lorna) Klimas, Jean (Tom) Starin, Lynn (Bob) Orlando and Ann (Dan) Varrenti, 8 loving grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Clancy was an Army Air Corps veteran of WWII. "


However,if this is the same guy, he was part of a bomber aircrew

"Eleven crewmen aboard B-17G, 42-102410, had been on a local training flight, July 9, 1944, and had returned to the field to land. 2nd Lt. Authur H. Bloomberg, pilot in command was allowing 2nd Lt. Albert T. Flynn, co-pilot, to practice first phase "follow-through" landings. They had made a normal pattern and approach and had made two previous landings with Lt. Bloomberg at the controls. The third landing at 1402-hours Central War Time (CWT), 2:02 PM, was being made by Lt. Flynn from the right seat while Lt. Bloomberg was following through on the controls from the left seat. As they proceeded down the runway, the left landing gear collapsed. The Airdrome Traffic Controller, S/Sgt. Francis M. Kehoe, on duty in the tower, described the NE/SW runway accident in his report to the Accident Investigation Board as follows: "Aircraft made normal pattern and approach but appeared to bounce quite badly as it touched the runway. At about the 1/3 mark the left landing gear appeared to collapse and the ship spun off the left side of the runway." None of the crew was injured in the collapse of the landing gear. Considerable damage was done to the props, engines and fuselage of the aircraft. Other members of the crew included 2nd Lt. James E. Dodd, bombardier; Sgt. Alden B. Childs, flight engineer; Pfc. Harry W. Klatt, flight engineer; Cpl. Leon F. Mat, radio operator; Cpl. John H. Lindstrom, radio operator; Cpl. Leonard P. Klimas, gunner; Pfc. Walter E. Baker, gunner; 1st. Lt. John C. Barker (or Baker), instructor pilot and S/Sgt. Vern L. Kemp, gunner. "

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Hi,

 

No problem.

 

Here is the link about him being on-board a B-17: https://home.brightok.net/~gsimmons/1jogger.html

 

His obit is here: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/136778168/ I don't have a subscription to this site, but you can read an OCR version at the bottom of the page.

 

If you google his name, there are a few different hits for him.

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