Lester R Driggers
MilitaryB-17 #42-97144 had mechanical failure and landed in Sweden on 6/21/44 INT
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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21 June 1944 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an Association to “Polebrook”, the home base of the 351st BG.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6536 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database