Chester Lee Dunsmore

Military
media-38086.jpeg UPL 38086 Chester Lee Dunsmore
Fighter Pilot
404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF
photo from his Huntington Park (CA) High School yearbook.

Object Number - UPL 38086 - Chester Lee Dunsmore Fighter Pilot 404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF photo from his Huntington Park (CA) High School yearbook.

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Florence, Arizona 27 June 1920

Enlisted

Los Angeles, California 3 November 1941

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Combat Mission

near Soissons, France 8 May 1944 Out of the sky and out of the sun black tracer-streams flew among the Thunderbolts of the last flight of the 506th Squadron, following the 508th in a wide turn northwestward near Soissons. Lieut. Robert F. Bealle, flight leader, called for a "break" into the attack. Confused, Lieut. Chester L. Dunsmore broke left instead of right. In front of him three bullet-nosed Messehschmitt-109's flashed sharply down and away to the left. When the third passed his sights, he squeezed his trigger, and saw bright flashes and smoke as his 50-caliber bullets struck. Pieces flew and a body fell out and away from the plane. He shouted into his throat-microphone. (I spoke to Robert F Bealle about this incident and he disagreed that Chester Dunsmore went the wrong way. He considered that Dunsmore set himself up for the attack and had positioned himself for a classic and successful deflection shot - John Levesley).
Huntington Park, California 5'9" 165 lbs

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