Jack Leslie Bressie

Military

Trained at Sheppard Field, Sioux Falls and Tampa. Flew 35 missions over Germany and Czechoslovakia. His plane was 'Dreambaby' B-17 42-32025. A shell tore through Dreambaby but she was still able to land



Air Medal, 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, Good Conduct Medal, 2 Battle Stars

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (serial number 42-31614), (VP-P, serial number 42-32025) nicknamed "Dreambaby", and (VP-W) of the 381st Bomb Group fly in formation during a practice mission.

42-32025

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dreambaby
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Navarro County, Texas 20 June 1924

Buried

Hopewell Cemetery, Angus/Corsicana, Texas

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Men and Women in WWII from Navarro County