Durward W Fesmire
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A bomber crew of the 401st Bomb Group, led by Lieutenant Durward Fesmire, talk on their return to base after their first mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress. Printed caption on reverse: '55635 AC- Lt Durward Fesmire of the 401st Bomb Group talks it over with his Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" buddies after returning from their first bombing mission to Germany on 26 November 1943. Pictures from left to right are Lt WE Anderson, Captain [illegible], Le Fesmire, Sgt John Jack and Lt Frank C Miller. England. US Air Force Photo.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
On 26 Nov 1943 Bremen mission he thought it a unique thrill. He flew in the SW Pacific on the world-famed "Susy-Q" and who held almost every decoration issued in that theater said that "this freezing stuff is a new one on me.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Relative,
http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=416