Warren M Wesson

Military
media-48875.jpeg UPL 48875 1st Lt Warren M Wesson, 8FS, 78FG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 48875 - 1st Lt Warren M Wesson, 8FS, 78FG.

Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: DFC (3OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Jeanie - V.O.S.
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York 14 July 1920 Son of Louis and Florence Wesson.

Enlisted

New York City, NY 12 January 1942 New York City, New York

Died

Fairfield, CA 1 November 1988

Buried

Mount Lebanon Cemetery Glendale, Queens County, NY 4 November 1988 Mount Lebanon Cemetery Glendale, Queens County, New York

Based

Transferred

Atcham Transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Duxford Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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