Andersen, Leslie Ernest, Col

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Colonel

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1021A-Pilot

Last AFSC Group
Aircrew

Primary Unit
1968-1972, Tinker Air Force Base

Service Years
1942 - 1972

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Minnesota

Year of Birth
1920

This Military Service Page was created/owned by SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr. to remember Andersen, Leslie Ernest, Col.

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Contact Info

Home Town Leader, Minnesota	Last Address Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Date of Passing May 05, 2003
Location of Interment Fort Sill National Cemetery (VA) - Elgin, Oklahoma	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 30A, Site 42

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2003, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	2016, American Fighter Aces Association
	2016, Air Force Memorial (AFM) - Assoc. Page

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

He was credited with destroying 5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat, plus 1 probable, from Sep-Dec 1943. His brother, Cpl Ansgar Raymond Andersen, died while a POW in the Philippines in 1942.

Other Comments:

Sources:
http://veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=650
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15698509
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/96th_Flying_Training_Squadron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82d_Operations_Group
http://www.8thafhs.org/fighter/82fg.htm
http://www.82ndfightergroup.com/
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_082.php
http://raf-112-squadron.org/82nd_fg.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Expeditionary_Mobility_Task_Force
http://home.ancestry.com

1943-1943, AAF MOS 1055, 96th Fighter Squadron

From Month/Year June / 1943	To Month/Year December / 1943
Unit 96th Fighter Squadron Unit Page
Rank First Lieutenant	AFSC/MOS AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter
Base, Station or City Algeria,Tunisia and Italy	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	96th Fighter Squadron Details

	Type Fighter
	Parent Unit Fighter Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019

Memories For This Unit
Other Memories Locations: Souk-el-Arba Airfield, Algeria 13 Jun 1943+ Grombalia Airfield, Tunisia 3 Aug 1943+ San Pancrazio Airfield, Italy c. 3 Oct 1943+ Lecce Airfield, Italy 10 Oct 1943+

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8 Members Also There at Same Time

96th Fighter Squadron

Truesdale, Francis Carlton, Capt, (1942-1943)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Captain
Sloan, William Judson, Lt Col, (1939-1963)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	First Lieutenant
Spence, Homer A., 1st Lt, (1943-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1051	First Lieutenant
Walker, John Greenaway, Col, (1941-1967)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	First Lieutenant
Johnson, Clarence Oscar, Capt, (1939-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	Second Lieutenant
Kinsey, Claude Ross, Lt Col, (1940-1965)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	Second Lieutenant
O'Callaghan, Martin F., 2nd Lt, (1943-1945)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	Second Lieutenant
Waters, Edward Trebell, Capt, (1941-1945)			First Lieutenant