Alfred Lesage Sr

Military
media-38327.jpeg UPL 38327 "Back from the 11-hour haul to Marienburg, Germany on 11 April 1944, 1st Lt. Boudinot Stimson and his crew of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, pose beside their Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, England."

Rear L-R: S/Sgt Alfred Lesage, Cpl Andrew L Allen, Cpl Paul J Amos, T/Sgt Karl E Kukurin, T/Sgt Paul S Melia, T/Sgt Carman L Mancuso.

Front L-R: 1Lt Jack L Pfaffman,1Lt Boudinot Stimson, 1Lt John Edwin O'Neal Jr, 1Lt Robert H Timberlake.

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Object Number - UPL 38327 - "Back from the 11-hour haul to Marienburg, Germany on 11 April 1944, 1st Lt. Boudinot Stimson and his crew of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb...

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?'; Shot down 13-Apr-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3941



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st Bomb Group and cousin of the US War Secretary Henry Stimson, with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37770) nicknamed "Flak Rat". Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 12 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '296490.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US WAR SECRETARY'S COUSIN PILOTS FLYING FORTRESSES OVER EUROPE. Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, Greenwich, Connecticut, cousin of US War Secretary Henry Stimson is pilot of

Boudinot Stimson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12075079 / O-799493
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97464

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: What Next ?
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Washington, District of Columbia, USA 1 April 1919 Son of Harry F and May W LeSage.

Enlisted

Bolling Field, Anacostia, DC 4 May 1942 Bolling Field Anacostia District Of Columbia

Other

Bailed out POW

Weibersbrunn, Germany 13 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?'; Shot down 13-Apr-44. POW. MACR 3941

Other

Prisoner of War (POW).

Tychowo, Poland 13 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

9 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Arlington, VA 21 June 1988

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Deenethorpe 13 April 1944 Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, VA

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/15816701-alfred-le-sage
https://www.fold3.com/record/83780300-alfred-le-sage
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33470237/alfred-lesage

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 3941

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 3941 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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