Paul L Facteau

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-45260.jpeg UPL 45260 Standing Left to Right: William N. Dunwoody (P), Max E. Burrows (CP), Paul L. Facteau (N), Arden L. Quesinberry (TOG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Clarence R. Bitner (BTG), Ray W. Detweiler (FE), Arl B. Cross (WG), Gabriel B. Chapra (RO), Wilfred B. Cullerne (TG)
This crew was involved in a mid-air collision on their 29th mission, on 23 March 1945 resulting in the deaths of Facteau, Bitner, and Cullerne as well as two other men not in the photo 95th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 45260 - Standing Left to Right: William N. Dunwoody (P), Max E. Burrows (CP), Paul L. Facteau (N), Arden L. Quesinberry (TOG) Kneeling Left to Right:...

Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16126

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

336th Bomb Squadron

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

95th Bomb Group

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

People

William Donald Dunwoody

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

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

James D Taylor

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-106993

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

42-31867

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Go Getter
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron

42-97844

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

43-38106

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Starduster

43-38469

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Missions

8th Air Force 908

Date: 23 March 1945

8th Air Force 901

Date: 21 March 1945
Official Description: Mission 901: Preparatory air operations for the forthcoming (23 Mar) crossing of the lower Rhine River by Allied ground forces begin. 1,408 bombers and 806 fighters, in conjunction with Ninth Air Force and RAF aircraft, attack jet fighter bases; with...

896

Date: 19 March 1945
Official Description: 1,273 bombers and 675 fighters are dispatched to hit airfields and industrial targets in Germany visually and with H2X radar; clouds force 2 of the 3 forces to hit secondaries; 100+ Luftwaffe fighters including 36 Me 262s in formation (largest number...

894

Date: 18 March 1945

886

Date: 14 March 1945
Official Description: Mission 886: 1,262 bombers and 804 fighters are dispatched to hit oil, rail and industrial targets in Germany; they claim 17-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air; 3 B-17s and 2 fighters are lost: 1. 526 B-17s are sent to hit oil refineries at Nienhagen...

Places

Arlington National Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery

Horham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Tupper Lake, NY, USA	18 August 1924	Son of Henry H and Rosetta Facteau.
Enlisted	New York, NY, USA	30 November 1942	New York City, New York
Enlisted 95th BG Combat Tour	Horham	30 November 1944 - 23 March 1945	Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
Died	Campsea Ashe, Woodbridge IP13, UK	23 March 1945	Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA).
Buried		28 July 1948	Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section: 12, Grave: 5184
	New York, NY, USA