William Flesh
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
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Military
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Bomber pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
RTD
Military | Major | Pilot / Squadron Commanding Officer | 303rd Bomb Group
After attending the University of Oregon, Robert Sheets worked in the Philippine Islands for some time. He entered the services as a private in the armed forces and later transferred to the Air Corps as an aviation cadet. He graduated and received his...
Group
The 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 3-Feb-1942 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. They assembled at Gowen Field, Idaho on 11-February 1942 where it conducted flight training until 12-Jun-1942. The Group then moved to Alamogordo Field, New...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Dalhart 2/3/44; Kearney 25/3/44; Grenier 26/3/44; Assigned 427BU/303BG [GN-Q] Molesworth 12/4/44; battle damaged Berlin 28/3/45 with Forrest Miller, crash landed Sandwich, Kent, UK; Salvaged 2 SAD 31/3/45. QUEENIE.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 1/5/44; no ops, transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-O] Molesworth 13/5/44; 457BG Glatton 22/4/45; 351BG Polebrook 29/5/45; on mission to Brux 12/9/44 with ? . Tail...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 28/1/44; 1SAG Langley 11/3/44; Dow Fd 17/5/44; Assigned 803BS/305BG RCM Chelveston 19/5/44; transferred 384BG Grafton Underwood 1/8/44; transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-Y] Molesworth 4/8/44; sent to 803BS Alconbury for installation of...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/5/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-G] Molesworth 7/7/44; Missing in Action Dresden 17/4/45 with Tom Kahler, Theo Smith (2 Killed in Action); Lew Cotton, Dick Bowler, Dick Fogarty, Lloyd Lowery, Leslie...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 17/5/44; Dallas 14/6/44; Langley 3/7/44; Grenier 1/8/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG Bassingbourn 2/8/44; transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-Z] Molesworth 10/44; landing accident with Wallace Wildstein 27/3/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 19/7/44; Hunter 23/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-Y] Molesworth 3/10/44; landing accident with Sam Taylor 5/5/45, Salvaged 6/5/45.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 18/8/44; Langley 2/9/44; Grenier 19/9/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-Z] Molesworth 2/11/44; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-P] Grafton Underwood 10/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 30/12/45.
Military site : airfield
Molesworth was one of the early stations used by the Eighth Air Force in the UK, first occupied by the 15th Bomb Squadron’s Douglas Bostons in June 1942. Built in 1940 and extended and improved in 1942, Molesworth is most associated with the 303rd...
Cemetery
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Beaver County, PA, USA | 3 October 1923 |
Enlisted | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 12 June 1942 |
Based | Molesworth | July 1944 – 3 February 1945 |
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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End Tour Duty (ETD) | England, UK | 3 February 1945 |
Ended Tour Duty (ETD). |
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Died | 5 May 1964 | |
Buried | 8 May 1964 | |
Arlington National Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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07 March 2017 14:05:20 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/161248857/?terms=44-8038 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:05:52 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-kl.html#K |