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"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 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.
"Lt. Personeus and crew of the 305th Bomb Group, are shown beside a B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Nora 2'. 20 August 1943. England." Rear L-R: 1st Lt. Lester Personeus Jr, F/O Charles J. Harpool, Lt Norbert A. Zwicke, Lt Wiiliam J. Byrd, T/Sgt William C. Reese Jr. Front L-R: Sgt Roger M. Link, Sgt James O. Gillespie, Unkn, Sgt George W. James, Sgt William J. Hess, Sgt Euel Jenkins.
"Crew of the 96th Bomb Group* pose beside their Boeing B-17 'Kipling's Error The III'** at an 8th Air Force base in England. 29 June 1943." *Actually 305th Bomb Group **Actually 'Nora 2nd' Crew are - 1st Lt. Lester Personeus Jr, F/O Charles J. Harpool, Lt Norbert A. Zwycke, Lt Wiiliam J. Byrd, T/Sgt William C. Reese Jr, Sgt Roger M. Link, Sgt James O. Gillespie, Sgt George W. James, Sgt William J. Hess, Sgt Euel Jenkins.
Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Colonel | Pilot | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
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.
Group
The 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), nicknamed "Can Do" was activated 1-March-1942 at Salt Lake City Air Base, Utah which was their primary training base until 11-Jun-1942 when they relocated to Geiger Field, Washington until 29-Jun-1942, then on to...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/42; Salina 10/1/43; Morrison 5/3/43; Brookley 8/3/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 24/3/43; transferred 422BS/305BG [JJ-L] Chelveston 10/43; then to 545BS/384BG [JD-U] Grafton Underwood 6/11/43; returning from Bremen 13/12/43...
Military site : airfield
Chelveston was adapted and expanded in preparation for the arrival of American forces. Rather than heavy bombers, the first aircraft to fly from its runways were C-47 Skytrains that were flown by the 60th Troop Carrier Group in July 1942. The first...
Cemetery
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Missouri, USA | 27 April 1919 |
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Son of Charles R and Nellie Pamelia Harpool. |
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| Based | Chelveston | April 1943 – August 1943 |
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Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Clearwater, FL | 25 April 2006 |
| Buried | May 2006 | |
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Arlington National Cemetery |
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