Lester J Nichoson
Military
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UPL 36903
Technical Sergeant Lester J. Nichoson, Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group, 787th Bomb Squadron.
Courtesy of Ronald Nichoson, son of Lester, via Jerry Everson
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Missions
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Toledo, Ohio | 30 May 1924 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge Airfield, UK | 11 July 1944 - 1 November 1944 | Completed a 35 mission combat tour |
Died |
Toledo, Ohio | 25 May 1976 | |
Buried |
Pemberville, Ohio | 28 May 1976 | Fish Cemetery Pemberville, Wood Co., Ohio USA |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60525&h=121977…
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom
page 42-43
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Missions added courtesy of Ronald Nichoson, son of Lester, via Jerry Everson
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE DIARY by Wassom & Brassfield, page 349