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Hattie van Maanen

Dochter van Evert van Maanen en Gerritje (Gertie, Nrs E) Haalboom, geboren 25-4-1896 USA IA, overleden 16-3-1966 en begraven USA SD Volga Trinity Cemetery

Trouwt Ira Floyd (Arie Floris) Kleinjan, dochter van Jan Pieters (John) Kleinjan en Maria Adriana Huijgen, geboren 26-6-1891 NL Poortugaal [22], overleden 12-3-1973 en begraven bij vrouw

Kinderen:

1. Gertrude I Kleinjan, geboren 1918, overleden 21-4-1997 en begraven USA SD Volga Trinity Cemetery, ongehuwd
2. Nellie Grace Kleinjan, geboren 30-12-1919 USA SD Volga Township, overleden 27-12-2017 USA SD Sioux Falls en begraven Volga Trinity Cemetery
   Trouwt 1939 Oliver Dwight "Ike" Reeves, zoon van George Edwin Reeves en Mattie Myrtle Reeves, geboren 30-10-1911 USA SD Stanley, overleden 5-4-2002 USA SD Sioux Falls en begraven bij vrouw
3. SSGT Leonard E Kleinjan, geboren 6-7-1922 USA SD Volga, overleden 22-6-1944 FR, ongehuwd

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Picture of Nellie

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Obituary of Leonard

S/Sgt. Leonard E. Kleinjan KIA
Home: South Dakota.
Squadron: 509 Bomb Sq 351 Bomb Gp
Service ID: 37322719.
Awards: Pilot

MACR 6535
Target: Rouen France
Date Lost: 22-Jun-44
Serial Number:#42-97202
Aircraft Model B-17
Aircraft Letter:RQ-Z
Aircraft Name:
Location: crashed a mile E of Mont Cauvaire, eight miles N of Rouen
Cause: flak

According to USAAF Data Sgt. Kleinjan is the only casualty associated with B17 #42-97202 on this date. Assigned 509BS/351B Missing in Action {32m} Rouen 22/6/44 with Bob Watkins, Co-pilot: Frank Williams,Navigator: Doug Sier Bombardier: Ralph Hoover Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Louiso (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Isadore Traschen, Ball turret gunner: Tom Lagrua,Tail gunner: Ralph Futhey (3 evaded capture); Waist gunner: Leon Kleinjan (Killed in Action); flak caused explosion, crashed a mile E of Mont Cauvaire, eight miles N of Rouen, Fr;

Activated as a B-29 Superfortress squadron in early 1944; trained under Second Air Force. Due to a shortage of B-29s, the squadron was initially equipped with former II Bomber Command B-17 Flying Fortresses previously used for training heavy bomber replacement personnel as engineering flaws were being worked out of the B-29. The squadron was then reassigned for advanced training and received B-29s at Fairmont Army Airfield, Nebraska during the late spring and summer of 1944.

(From FAG member #47847909)

Leonard was the son of Arie Floris "Ira" Kleinjan and Hattie van Maanen.