Lester Louis Dansky
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) when his aircraft P-47 42-7999 had a mid-air collision with P-47 42-8383 at 30,000 feet nine miles north of Amiens, France while on a mission to escort the B-17 formation attacking the German airfield at Amiens/Glisy, France.
He was seen to bale out of the aircraft but his parachute failed to open and he was killed. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 474.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 31 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Baker, MT | 5 September 1916 | Son of Edith Bristol Dansky. |
Enlisted |
Rapid City, SD | 14 May 1942 | Rapid City, South Dakota |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Amiens, France | 31 August 1943 | Killed when his parachute failed to open after baling out of his aircraft that had sustained a mid-air collision with P-47 42-8383 |
Lawrence County, SD | |||
Buried |
United Hebrew Brotherhood Cemetery Richfield, Hennepin County, MN | Re-Interred United Hebrew Brotherhood Cemetery Richfield, Hennepin County, Minnesota | |
Buried |
Mount Moriah Cemetery Deadwood, Lawrence County, SD | Memorialised Mount Moriah Cemetery Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota | |
Based |
Metfield | 31 August 1943 | Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Lee Cunningham 28-May-2015. Added Summary Biography based on MACR 474 and "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 474 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database