Leroy E Dunster
Military
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UPL 29868
Crew of "Tenovus" at Union Station, Boise, Idaho, 1943:
standing, left to right - pilot 1st LT Lloyd Sharrard, Navigator 2nd LT James Kidder, co-pilot 2nd LT Charles Wolfe, Bombardier 2nd LT Donald Daniel, and tail turret S/Sgt George F. Johnson, Jr.;
kneeling, left to right - ball turret S/Sgt Robert M. Buxton, Radio Operator T/Sgt LeRoy E. Dunster, right waist S/Sgt Samuel Parris, Flight Engineer/Top Turret T/Sgt John L. Heck, and unknown (he was dropped from the crew and replaced by left waist S/Sgt Anthony Yacoboni, before going overseas.)
standing, left to right - pilot 1st LT Lloyd Sharrard, Navigator 2nd LT James Kidder, co-pilot 2nd LT Charles Wolfe, Bombardier 2nd LT Donald Daniel, and tail turret S/Sgt George F. Johnson, Jr.;
kneeling, left to right - ball turret S/Sgt Robert M. Buxton, Radio Operator T/Sgt LeRoy E. Dunster, right waist S/Sgt Samuel Parris, Flight Engineer/Top Turret T/Sgt John L. Heck, and unknown (he was dropped from the crew and replaced by left waist S/Sgt Anthony Yacoboni, before going overseas.)
Pamela Johnson Dvorsky, daughter of S/Sgt George F. Johnson, Jr.
Shot down by 20mm cannon fire from fighers and crashed near Fulda, GR on the return from a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100312. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Nashua, Montana, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 24 February 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2560 / MACR 2560, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database