Stanley Lesser

Military
media-37603.jpeg UPL 37603 TSGT Stanley Lesser
Flight Engineer
Robert Murgatroyd Crew
401BG - 613BS

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Object Number - UPL 37603 - TSGT Stanley Lesser Flight Engineer Robert Murgatroyd Crew 401BG - 613BS

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 20-Jul-44 in B-17 42-31037 "Pistol Packin' Mama". Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7545



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Kenneth Robert Murgatroyd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-757248
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (IN-F, serial number 42-31037) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama" of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1. Completed 7th msision Frankfurt, Jan. 29, 1944. 2. Lost 31 B-17's.'

42-31037

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York, New York 22 May 1922 Son of Clara Lesser.

Enlisted

11 February 1943

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 20 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

15 October 1945 Honourable discharge

Died

24 November 1985
Bronx, New York 3425 Knox Place

Based

Deenethorpe 20 July 1944 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Corrected bio and rank

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Corrected bio and rank

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7545,

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