CARPETBAGGERS Turner, Leslie L.

[John Robertson]

• 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 ​

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