Lester Olaf Hegstad
Military
UPL 66273
UPL 66273
384th Bomb Group Lead Crews /Emden/Aurich (Harbor).
Back L-R: 2nd Lt. Leon Fields (OBS/TG), 1st Lt. Horace Frink (P), Col. J.K. Lacey (AC), 1st Lt. Lester Hegstad (N), 1st Lt. Clyde Carlson (B)
Front L-R: SSgt. Clyde Savage (FG), SSgt. William Shelton (BT), TSgt. William Ralston (TT), SSgt. Julius McNutt (FG), TSgt. Roy Griffith (RO). Not Pictured: 2nd Lt. Raino Jylkka (N)
547th Bomb Squadron
384th Bomb Group
VIII Bomber Command 104
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Grafton Underwood
Leon Fields
Horace Everett Frink
Julius Kahn Lacey
Lester Olaf Hegstad
Clyde Pemberton Carlson
Clyde Henry Savage
William Abner Shelton
William Clark Ralston
Julius Frederick McNutt
Roy Wesley Griffith
Reino Oswald Jylkka
On
Back L-R: 2nd Lt. Leon Fields (OBS/TG), 1st Lt. Horace Frink (P), Col. J.K. Lacey (AC), 1st Lt. Lester Hegstad (N), 1st Lt. Clyde Carlson (B)
Front L-R: SSgt. Clyde Savage (FG), SSgt. William Shelton (BT), TSgt. William Ralston (TT), SSgt. Julius McNutt (FG), TSgt. Roy Griffith (RO). Not Pictured: 2nd Lt. Raino Jylkka (N)
Photo courtesy of Lester Hegstad. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35529/category/LeadCrews
Original Crew #20
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735170
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot : Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0â672341
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14107839
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/ Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 18066018
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner/ Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yankee Raider
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fifi | Old Battle Axe
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ruthless
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Doris Mae
- Unit: Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 November 1943
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
- Date: 27 September 1943
- Date: 23 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
30 January 1921 | ||
Enlisted |
27 January 1942 | Enlisted ASN 16066885 Residence: Cook County, Illinois Private, Branch Immaterial | |
Other Assigned |
11 March 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, Charles H. Lefevre Crew (as HEGSTEAD). 25 combat missions. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia