Jesse Donald Gresham
MilitaryAssigned to 840BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Jim Preston crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Nis, Yugoslavia in B-17 42-5786 'Whizzer II' 15-Apr-44. A/C hit by flak in radio room causing massive fire and disintegration. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 3909
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 15171188 / O-690979
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Whizzer II
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ashland, Mississippi | 18 July 1917 | BornAshland, Mississippi |
Enlisted |
Fort MacArthur San Pedro California | 19 October 1940 | EnlistedFort MacArthur San Pedro California |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Niš, Yugoslavia | 15 April 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA)Niš, Yugoslavia |
Buried |
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial Nettuno, Italy | 1 January 1946 | Re-InterredSicily-Rome American Cemetery and MemorialNettuno, Italy |