Isaac A Flesher

Military

Joined Sqd 3/31/42.

ETO/Queen Mary 9/5/42.

WIA 5/14/43 (Kiel).

DS/Bengahzi 6/26/43.

Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23813.

Returned to base 8/26/43.

DS/Tunis 9/16/43.

Returned to base 10/12/43.

Completed tour 11/18/43.

DS 2/27/44.

Returned to base 3/18/44.

Trans/12 RCD 4/14/44.

Pilot: Hughes.

DFC 2Oak Leaf Cluster/ ADSR/ DUB/ PH/ EAMEC 4BS/ 3 Overseas Service Bars

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

41-23813

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Victory Ship
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Gridley, Illinois 19 June 1920

Died

20 August 1998

Buried

East Lawn Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois

Revisions

Date12 Feb 2020 14:55:20
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to biography, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 44th Bomb Group

Date6 Apr 2017 11:41:07
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to service number and place associations
Sources

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:32
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd/ wife/ documents