CARPETBAGGERS Turner, Leslie L.

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Turner
  • FORENAME
Leslie L.
  • UNIT
859 Bomber Squadron (2641 Special Group)
  • RANK
Technical Sergeant
  • NUMBER
31318529
  • DATE OF DEATH
25th April 1945
  • AGE
23
  • GRAVESITE
Ardennes American Cemetery,Belgium Plot C Row 4 Grave 16
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Island Falls,Maine
born 3.8.1921 Hancock,Maine
son of Elmo J. and Bessie Turner
attended Southwest Harbor and Northeast Harbor Schools
welder,Southwest Harbor Boat Company in civilian life
entered service March 1943 Bangor,Maine
US Army
USAAF
AAF Basic Training Center 4,Miami,Florida
Keesler Aircraft and Engine Mechanics' School,Biloxi,Mississippi until January 1944
Flexible Gunnery Training Group,Harlingen,Texas until March 1944
2 AAF,Lincoln,Nebraska
2 AAF Combat Crew Training School,Peterson Field,Colorado
8 Air Force's 14th Replacement Control Depot,Stone Army Airfield,England July 1944
36 Squadron,801 Bomber Group 11.8.1944
856 Squadron,492 Bomber Group 13.8.1944
857 Squadron,492 Bomber Group 21.10.1944
859 Squadron,492 Bomber Group 11.12.1944
859 Bomber Squadron,15 Special Group,Italy 17.12.1944
859 Bomber Squadron,2641 Special Group,Italy 1945
flight engineer
B-24H 42-95131 "Mag Drop"
Hope Mission,Austria
shot down by nightfighter over Amstetten,Austria
award Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
 

DATE OF DEATH:

25-Apr-1945
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