Lester Burkley Snook

Military
media-47713.jpeg UPL 47713 Alleged to be Chief Sly II 42-5139 of
91st BG. VIII BC

... that is Lt, Bartons crew the crew called Chief Sly and Sgt Marshall B Haugen is top left Sgt Haugen and I went to radio school and gunnery school tgether and this is the 322nd Bomb Squadron

Bruce D. Barton, Pilot (leaning with elbow on the plane.
Sitting in the door of the Jeep - Lester B. Snook, Waist Gunner

Object Number - UPL 47713 - Alleged to be Chief Sly II 42-5139 of 91st BG. VIII BC ... that is Lt, Bartons crew the crew called Chief Sly and Sgt Marshall B Haugen is top...

Assigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Crash landed in B-17 41-24439 'Chief Sky' on return from target Romily-sur-Seine 20-Dec-42. Crew escaped injury in landing. RTD



Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14049756 / O-437941
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chief Sly
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chief Sly II
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chelsea, MA 18 December 1917 Son of Harold and Julia A [Moores] Snook.

Enlisted

9 August 1941

Other

Discharged USAAF

6 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Buried

Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Barnstable County, MA 22 February 1995 Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Born

Based

Bassingbourn Assigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Capitalized all the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol.1 by Bishop and Hey p. 55, Plane Names and Fancy Noses : The 91st BG by Bowden pp.49-51 pictures and accident account, 91st web site dailies

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