He was Teacher of the Year in 1972, raised six children (4 boys, 2 girls), had an older sister and two brothers (both fighter pilots who also fought in WWII), and he was the Ball Turret Gunner of the “Sugar Baby” B24 crew. Typically the Ball Turret Gunner was the smallest member of a crew, but not so with Staff Sgt. Leeland T. Engelhorn who at 5’11” and 180 pounds could barely squeeze into the turret. Not being the smallest and trained as a radio operator, just how did he end up the Ball Turret Gunner? Click here to read more about the hand fate handed him and why he called his service in WWII the “Great Adventure.”
