43-39056
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Hunter 20/11/44; Grenier 2/12/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-V] Gt Ashfield 3/12/44; when parked at Horsching, Austria was hit by 44-8320 on 20/5/45; Salvaged n/battle damaged 6/9/45.
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43-38736
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 14/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-P] Gt Ashfield 1/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. AMERICAN MAID aka MAIDEN AMERICA.
Service
Aircraft
People
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Lester Wise
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 385th Bomb Group
Lester Allen Wise was born June 27, 1922 and grew up on a farm in Midland, Michigan as an only child, son of Carry Addison Wise and Dora Ethel Sellers. ...
Missions
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857
1 March 1945
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859
2 March 1945
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865
5 March 1945
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872
8 March 1945
Mission 872: 1,353 bombers and 326 fighters are dispatched to hit benzol plants, an oil plant and rail targets in Germany using PFF; NO AIRCRAFT ARE LOST AND THERE ARE NO CASUALTIES! ... -
883
12 March 1945
Heavies Hit Near Rhine, Along Baltic ... -
894
18 March 1945
Places
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Great Ashfield
Military site : airfield
The airfield was built in 1942 by John Laing & Son Ltd. 108,000 tons of concrete was used in its construction, creating a Class 'A' airfield suitable for heavy bombers. The 385th Bomb Group took up residence in the summer of 1943, and remained at the...
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 July 2017 16:07:57 | Virginiawise50 | Changes to aircraft associations, place associations and mission associations |
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Virginia Wise, eldest daughter of Lester Allen Wise, pilot of B-17 Flying Fortress ( |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 01 July 2017 15:01:55 | Virginiawise50 | Changes to nicknames, markings and person associations |
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Virginia Wise, eldest daughter of Lester Allen |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:32 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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