Wesley Jackson Creech

Military
Wesley Creech UPL 73080 UPL 73080 T/Sgt Wesley J. Creech

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Object Number - UPL 73080 - T/Sgt Wesley J. Creech

Assigned to 509BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Don McLott crew. Flew aboard B-17 42-30499 'My Princess'. 31 x missions. ETD

 

Mission List: Frankfurt, Caen, Leipzig, Achmer, Schweinfurt, Erkner, Berlin, Erkner, Berlin, Frankfurt, Berlin, Munster, Watten, Tours, Brunswick,
Arminswalde, Kassel, La Galcerie, Hamm, Berlin, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Merseburg, Kiel, Ludwigshafen, Caen, Cambrai, Paris, Landes de Bussac, Merseburg, Saarbrucken.

 

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Donald McLott

Donald William McLott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36118992 / O-802213
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (RQ-Q, serial number 42-30499) nicknamed "My Princess" of the 509th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten on slide casing: 'RQ:Q, My Princess.'

42-30499

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: My Princess
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron

42-37832

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron

42-97169

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: My Gal Sal II

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hallsboro, North Carolina 13 September 1920 BornHallsboro, North Carolina

Enlisted

Fort Bragg, North Carolina 13 August 1942 EnlistedFort Bragg, North Carolina

Other

Discharged

24 September 1945

Died

Hallsboro, North Carolina 3 January 1974 DiedHallsboro, North Carolina 

Buried

Lake Waccamaw Hillcrest Cemetery Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina 6 January 1974 InterredLake Waccamaw Hillcrest CemeteryLake Waccamaw, North Carolina

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/149989192

https://www.fold3.com/image/299999591

https://www.fold3.com/record/87917901/wesley-j-creech-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

https://www.fold3.com/record/620676606/wesley-creech-us-veterans-affairs-birls-death-file-1850-2010

http://www.351st.org/personnel.php

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/255636472/wesley-jackson-creech

 

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/

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Wesley Creech

Object number: UPL 73080 - T/Sgt Wesley J. Creech