Dexter Lishon
Military
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Object Number - UPL 30700 - Captain D. Lishon, 381st BG, 534th BS. From the book: "The Mighty Men of the 381st: Heroes All" by James Good Brown
Pilot, Lishon crew. 381st BG, 534th BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in AC #42-30722 'Bobby T'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1398. All of the crew were together in captivity on a train to Frankfurt and they were then separated. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I.
25 June 1943 piloted a B-17 surviving fighter attack with loss of TG S/Sgt Tieman. Mission #3 to Hamburg, Germany. Was not 42-30722 as this aircraft was not built until July 1943
May have been copilot for 29 July 1943 flight with pilot Arthur Briggs which crash landed in Norfolk on return from Kiel in B17 #42-3221 'Whale Tail' with 3 engines out. Crew returned.
Lowell, MA
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734654
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736850
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33199296
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680243
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32470317
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 8 October 1943
- Date: 29 June 1943
- Date: 25 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Prisoner of War |
8 October 1943 | Stalag Luft I | |
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Born |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, MACR 1398, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 206-7 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
