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About Leonard Albert Godfrey, Jr
Leonard A. Godfrey Jr. served as a member of the 393rd Bombardment Squadron of the 509th Composite Group. He retired with the rank of second lieutenant. Godfrey trained in Wendover, Utah, with the 509th before leaving for Tinian Island. He was a member of the original Bockscar crew. On August 9, 1945, Godfrey participated in the mission to Nagasaki. He flew in the Great Artiste rather than Bockscar because a complication with the flight equipment caused Colonel Tibbets to switch the crews of each plane. The Great Artiste served as an instrument support plane on the flight to Nagasaki. Godfrey acted as the plane's navigator.
After the war, Godfrey retired from the military and obtained master's degrees from Boston University and Harvard University. He then became a social studies teacher and coached at Sanborn Junior High School in Concord, Massachusetts, from 1967 to 1969.
Obit: GODFREY, Leonard A. Jr. 91, of Acton, MA, formerly of Williamstown, MA, Oct. 27, 2011. He is survived by his beloved wife of 67 years, Mary (Whitcomb) Godfrey, in-laws, nieces, nephews, and their families. He was the son of the late Leonard A. Godfrey and Julia (Hickox) Godfrey and brother of the late Virginia Westcott. A longtime retired educator and coach in the Concord schools, he was a 2nd Lt., navigator for the US Army Air Force 509th Bomb Group.
He is listed as First Lieutenant Leonard A. Godfrey, Jr., Navigator, Greenfield, Massachusetts.
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Leonard Albert Godfrey, Jr's Timeline
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September 16, 1920
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Williamstown, Berkshire County, MA, United States
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| 2011 |
October 27, 2011
Age 91
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Littleton, Middlesex County, MA, United States
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