Lester Louis Dansky

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) when his aircraft P-47 42-7999 had a mid-air collision with P-47 42-8383 at 30,000 feet nine miles north of Amiens, France while on a mission to escort the B-17 formation attacking the German airfield at Amiens/Glisy, France.



He was seen to bale out of the aircraft but his parachute failed to open and he was killed. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 474.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Baker, MT 5 September 1916 Son of Edith Bristol Dansky.

Enlisted

Rapid City, SD 14 May 1942 Rapid City, South Dakota

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Amiens, France 31 August 1943 Killed when his parachute failed to open after baling out of his aircraft that had sustained a mid-air collision with P-47 42-8383
Lawrence County, SD

Buried

United Hebrew Brotherhood Cemetery Richfield, Hennepin County, MN Re-Interred United Hebrew Brotherhood Cemetery Richfield, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Buried

Mount Moriah Cemetery Deadwood, Lawrence County, SD Memorialised Mount Moriah Cemetery Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota

Based

Metfield 31 August 1943 Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Lee Cunningham 28-May-2015. Added Summary Biography based on MACR 474 and "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 474 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database