Marshall Alec Lisiesky
Military
Standing Rear L-R :
Joe Sullivan - Navigator -
Leo Travis - Bombardier -
Frank McLaughlin - Pilot - Lee D. Slessor - Co Pilot
Kneeling Front L-R :
Charles Simmons - Ball and Tail Gunner
Clyde Wickham - Radio Operator -
Fay Kelly - Engineer - Waist Gunner -
Marshall Lisiesky - Tail Gunner -
Don Pierce - Waist Gunner -
Chester Moore - Top Turret Gunner -
Added detail. - Kickapoo
Object Number - UPL 15309 - B-24D Liberator, 42-40746, Ole Irish. - Pilot Lt. Frank McGLaughlin is third from the left side, standing. Ole Irish, flew on the Ploesti oil...
SSgt. Marshal A, Lisiesky was a B-24 tail gunner, assigned to the 564th Bomb Squadron, the 38th Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force, USAAF. He was temporarily deployed (TDY) to the 9th Air Force in order to take part in Operation Tidal Wave, the long range bombing mission to Ploesti, Romania, flying aboard the B-24D Liberator bomber, 42-40746. ETD
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x battle stars).
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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: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17040654
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32041169 / O-734123
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32491935
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Ole Irish
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
South Kortright, NY | 20 August 1917 | |
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Enlisted |
Albany, NY | 7 January 1942 | Albany, New York |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
13 January 1945 | ||
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Died |
Audubon, PA | 28 October 2005 | |
| Sandston, VA | |||
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Based |
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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I am Marshall Lisiesky's grandson Brandon Wensing, son of his daughter Andrea Wensing (Lisiesky).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Dugan & Stewart 'Ploesti'
![Commanding Officers of the 389th Bomb Group, Colonel Robert B Miller, Lieutenant Colonel AV Walton and Lieutenant Colonel William L Burns with a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40746) nicknamed "Ole Irish". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 18 May 1944.' [stamp] and '320952.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'AT A LIBERATOR BASE IN THE ETO. These pictures are made at a Eighth Air Force Liberator Base commanded by Lt Col Robert B Miller of Clinton, Ill. T](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380330.jpg.webp?itok=6WJQcq6p)
