Leslie Irwin Burgess

Military
media-14531.jpeg UPL 14531 1 January 1945 - Pilots of the 335th Fighter Squadron pose for the camera.
TOP ROW L-R: Maj. Pierce W. McKennon (CO), Lt. August W. Rabe, F/O Lucian W. Freeman, Lt. Hugh W. Lindsay, Lt. Thomas H. Elffner, Lt. Calvin W. Willruth, Lt. Mack D. Heaton, Lt. Kenneth Green, Lt. Robert Hunter, Lt. George D. Green and Lt. Robert L. Couse.
SECOND ROW L-R: Lt. Orval C. Miles, Capt. William H. George, Lt. Charles L. Brock, Lt. Herman S. Rasmussen, Lt. Enoch Jungling, Capt. Albert J. Davis, Capt. Sheltoin W. Monroe, Lt. Robert A. Cammer, Lt. Loton D. Jennings and Lt. Robert C. Buchholz.
BOTTOM ROW L-R: Capt George H. Davis, Lt. Charles E. Konsler, Lt. Olin A. Kiser, Lt. Stanley W. Conners, Lt. Robert J. Mabie, Lt. Paul J. Lucas, Lt. David R. Allen, Lt. Henry A. Lee, Lt. Leslie L. Burgess, Lt. Robert C. Hawley, Lt. Charles B. Greenlese and Lt. James E. Halligan, Jr.

Object Number - UPL 14531 - 1 January 1945 - Pilots of the 335th Fighter Squadron pose for the camera. TOP ROW L-R: Maj. Pierce W. McKennon (CO), Lt. August W. Rabe, F/O Lucian...

Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. 86 x combat hours. Credited 1 x ground kill. Transferred to 354FG, 9AF USAAF.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Event Location Date Description

Born

New London County, CT, USA 26 January 1923 Son of Foster Lewis and Edna Bickford Burgess.

Enlisted

Hartford, CT, USA 15 December 1942

Based

Debden 25 January 1945 - 15 September 1945 Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Lashenden 15 September 1945 Transferred to 354FG, 9AF USAAF.

Died

Middletown, NY 10940, USA 4 December 2000
Norwich, CT, USA

Other

Pilot training

Napier Field, AL, USA Flight training - Advanced. Class 1944-D.

Buried

Norwich, CT, USA Maplewood Cemetery Norwich New London County Connecticut, USA

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