Lee Duam Slessor

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media-15308.jpeg UPL 15308 Co Pilot 2nd Lt. Lee D. Slessor, DSC, from Huntington Park, California, with his B-24D Liberator, 42-40746, Ole Irish.

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Object Number - UPL 15308 - Co Pilot 2nd Lt. Lee D. Slessor, DSC, from Huntington Park, California, with his B-24D Liberator, 42-40746, Ole Irish.

Lt. Lee D. Slessor took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the large bombing mission on the oil refieries at Ploesti, Romania, as the copilot, flying the B-24D Liberator, 42-40746, named. Ole Irish. 1 Aug, 1943.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32491935
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Ole Irish
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Miss Liberty
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 567th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

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Born

Huntington Park, California

Revisions

Date
ContributorKickapoo
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Best Web - B-24 - 42-40746 - Ole Irish

Date
Changes
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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 389th Bomb Group;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
Page 408 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)

Date
ContributorAAM
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389th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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