Isaac A Flesher
MilitaryJoined Sqd 3/31/42.
ETO/Queen Mary 9/5/42.
WIA 5/14/43 (Kiel).
DS/Bengahzi 6/26/43.
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23813.
Returned to base 8/26/43.
DS/Tunis 9/16/43.
Returned to base 10/12/43.
Completed tour 11/18/43.
DS 2/27/44.
Returned to base 3/18/44.
Trans/12 RCD 4/14/44.
Pilot: Hughes.
DFC 2Oak Leaf Cluster/ ADSR/ DUB/ PH/ EAMEC 4BS/ 3 Overseas Service Bars
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Victory Ship
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Gridley, Illinois | 19 June 1920 | |
Died |
20 August 1998 | ||
Buried |
East Lawn Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd/ wife/ documents