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Posted by Kit McChesney
on 9/2/2007, 2:05 pm
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My father, Ben W. McChesney, passed away on July 23, 2007. He was part of the 748th squadron, and flew 35 missions out of Glatton with the 457th. On his first mission he flew in the tail gunner position, on mission 148, on November 16, 1944. He completed his 35 missions with 214, March 21, 1945. His crew members (he served as tail gunner on one mission under Lt. Richard B. Fitzhugh; co-pilot on 17 missions with Lt. Wayne B. Tweten; co-pilot on one mission with pilot Lt. Victor F. Pfendler; co-pilot on two missions with Lt. Josey H. Nelson; co-pilot with Lt. Edmund W. Hubard, Jr.; navigator on one mission with Lt. Lester G. Radcliff; he flew 12 missions as pilot with his co-pilot Lt. William C. Manspeaker.
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