Dale Merle Avers

Military
media-45257.jpeg UPL 45257 Leslie A. Lennox Crew
95th BG - 336th BS

Standing Left to Right: Frank S. Marcera (TG), Dale M. Avers (WG), Marion Makarawicz (BTG), Robert A. O'Neal (RO), Chares P. Cappellino (FE)

Kneeling Left to Right: David E. Tyrrell (B), George L. Marks (CP), Leslie A. Lennox (P), Paul Tucci (N) 95th Bomb Group collection

https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/crew/246

Object Number - UPL 45257 - Leslie A. Lennox Crew 95th BG - 336th BS Standing Left to Right: Frank S. Marcera (TG), Dale M. Avers (WG), Marion Makarawicz (BTG), Robert A....

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Leslie Ashton Lennox

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-822749
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102455

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucky Lady aka Screaming Eagle
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

42-106993

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pretty Baby

42-31887

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Casino
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97334) nicknamed "H-a-a-rd Luck!" of the 390th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390.'

42-97334

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: H-a-a-rd luck !
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

42-97393

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pride of the Century

Missions

Personnel of the 355th Fighter Squadron at a briefing before a bomber escort mission, the tail markings of the B-24 Liberators they will escort are exhibited on the map. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'D Lewin in Breifing Room 13/1/45'

791

  • Date: 13 January 1945

789

  • Date: 10 January 1945
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.

770

  • Date: 30 December 1944

766

  • Date: 28 December 1944

764

  • Date: 27 December 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Davenport, IA 16 October 1920

Other

95th BG Combat Tour

Horham Airfield, UK 2 August 1944 - 6 January 1945

Died

Springfield, IL 20 April 1990

Buried

Lincoln, IL 23 April 1990 Zion Cemetery Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois, USA
Chicago, IL 2504 W. Van Buren Street

Revisions

Date20 Sep 2020 01:24:39
Contributordecwriter
ChangesChanges to service number and awards
Sources

NARA file verified AM with 6 oak leaf clusters. He would have at least one bronze star on the EAME Campaign Medal and more than likely a GCM. Personnel records could verify.

Date20 Sep 2020 00:53:13
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to middlename, events, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44008_06_0…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67210018/dale-m-avers

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:48
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php

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