Lester Personeus Jr
Military
Rear L-R: 1st Lt. Lester Personeus Jr, F/O Charles J. Harpool, Lt Norbert A. Zwycke, Lt Wiiliam J. Byrd, T/Sgt William C. Reese Jr.
Front L-R: Sgt Roger M. Link, Sgt James O. Gillespie, Sgt George W. James, Sgt William J. Hess, Sgt Euel Jenkins.
Object Number - UPL 40132 - "Lt. Personeus and crew of the 305th Bomb Group based in England, shown beside their Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, "Nora 2nd". 28 May 1943." Rear...
Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions ETO. Ended tour Duty (ETD). Went on to complete 23 x combat missions on B-29's in the pacific.
Awards: DFC (2OLC), AM (6OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron 449th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11018980
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38158166
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19098471
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16046273 / O-54446
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nora 2nd
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Kingston, NY | 3 January 1919 | Son of the Lester Snr and Hattie [Barringer] Personeus. |
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Enlisted |
New York, NY | 28 April 1941 | New York City New York |
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Died |
Saint Augustine, FL | 1 February 2004 | |
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Buried |
Tongore Cemetery, Olivebridge, NY | 14 February 2004 | Tongore Cemetery Olivebridge, Ulster County, NY |
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Based |
Chelveston | Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
