Leslie E Veit | American Air Museum

Leslie E Veit

Military

Flew C-47's to transport troops back & forth and also supplies during WWII. Author of 'Gooney Birds and Ferry Tales.'

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Units served with

A C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-8386) and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29780) nicknamed "Silver Queen" of the 95th Bomb Group.

Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'C47 43-8386. Heston- 38D Silver Queen.'

27th Air Transport Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Transport

86th Air Transport Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Transport

Revisions

Date21 Nov 2014 09:25:57

ContributorEmily

Changes

Sources

Fred T Garcia, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:18:43

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

'The Forgetten Men' of the 8th AF / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia