Right Waist Gunner, Staff Sergeant, Sidney James Lesneau, born April 15, 1917, in Benton, MN, to Jacob P. (1867-1941) and Amelia Schopp (1874-1961) Lesneau. Sidney served as a Staff Sergeant & Right Waist Gunner on the B-17F “Windy City Challenger” (#42-3049), 422nd Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He resided in Ramsey County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 10, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a hospital attendant and also as Single, without dependents.
His remains were returned from Solers, Melun, France in November 1948 to Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota. Sidney was son of Jacob and Amelia Schopp Lesneau, Portland, Oregon formerly of Minneapolis. Sidney had four sisters and two brothers. Sisters were Mrs. Karl Nuerenberg, Mrs. Wallace Sorensen, Maxine Brennan and Mrs. Forest Holes. His brothers were Irving and Melvin M., of St. Paul. His older brother, John, was killed in action in WWI in 1918. Melvin was wounded at Attu during the Aleutian Campaign.
On Janurary 9, 1944, Sidney's mother, Amelia Schapp Lesneau, wrote a letter to Clara Chester, mother of Joseph Wendell Chester, who was also on the Windy City Challenger. It an example of how painful it was to not know the fate of their sons and their efforts to reach out to the families of the missing airmen. The letter was shared by Larissa McShane, great neice of Joseph Chester. She is willing to gift the letter to any family member of Sidney Lesneau.
Service # 17026661
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Airmen who perished on B-17F (#42-3049):
Devine, Joseph F ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Connecticut
Dube, Joseph L P ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, New Hampshire
Lesneau, Sidney J ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Minnesota
Lewis, Arthur C ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Arizona
Meyer, Kenneth V ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Missouri
Perkins, John H, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Illinois
Wendell, Joseph C ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Oregon
( Above bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 10, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a hospital attendant and also as Single, without dependents.
His remains were returned from Solers, Melun, France in November 1948 to Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota. Sidney was son of Jacob and Amelia Schopp Lesneau, Portland, Oregon formerly of Minneapolis. Sidney had four sisters and two brothers. Sisters were Mrs. Karl Nuerenberg, Mrs. Wallace Sorensen, Maxine Brennan and Mrs. Forest Holes. His brothers were Irving and Melvin M., of St. Paul. His older brother, John, was killed in action in WWI in 1918. Melvin was wounded at Attu during the Aleutian Campaign.
On Janurary 9, 1944, Sidney's mother, Amelia Schapp Lesneau, wrote a letter to Clara Chester, mother of Joseph Wendell Chester, who was also on the Windy City Challenger. It an example of how painful it was to not know the fate of their sons and their efforts to reach out to the families of the missing airmen. The letter was shared by Larissa McShane, great neice of Joseph Chester. She is willing to gift the letter to any family member of Sidney Lesneau.
Service # 17026661
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Airmen who perished on B-17F (#42-3049):
Devine, Joseph F ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Connecticut
Dube, Joseph L P ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, New Hampshire
Lesneau, Sidney J ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Minnesota
Lewis, Arthur C ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Arizona
Meyer, Kenneth V ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Missouri
Perkins, John H, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Illinois
Wendell, Joseph C ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Oregon
( Above bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Right Waist Gunner, Staff Sergeant, Sidney James Lesneau, born April 15, 1917, in Benton, MN, to Jacob P. (1867-1941) and Amelia Schopp (1874-1961) Lesneau. Sidney served as a Staff Sergeant & Right Waist Gunner on the B-17F “Windy City Challenger” (#42-3049), 422nd Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He resided in Ramsey County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 10, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a hospital attendant and also as Single, without dependents.
His remains were returned from Solers, Melun, France in November 1948 to Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota. Sidney was son of Jacob and Amelia Schopp Lesneau, Portland, Oregon formerly of Minneapolis. Sidney had four sisters and two brothers. Sisters were Mrs. Karl Nuerenberg, Mrs. Wallace Sorensen, Maxine Brennan and Mrs. Forest Holes. His brothers were Irving and Melvin M., of St. Paul. His older brother, John, was killed in action in WWI in 1918. Melvin was wounded at Attu during the Aleutian Campaign.
On Janurary 9, 1944, Sidney's mother, Amelia Schapp Lesneau, wrote a letter to Clara Chester, mother of Joseph Wendell Chester, who was also on the Windy City Challenger. It an example of how painful it was to not know the fate of their sons and their efforts to reach out to the families of the missing airmen. The letter was shared by Larissa McShane, great neice of Joseph Chester. She is willing to gift the letter to any family member of Sidney Lesneau.
Service # 17026661
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Airmen who perished on B-17F (#42-3049):
Devine, Joseph F ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Connecticut
Dube, Joseph L P ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, New Hampshire
Lesneau, Sidney J ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Minnesota
Lewis, Arthur C ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Arizona
Meyer, Kenneth V ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Missouri
Perkins, John H, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Illinois
Wendell, Joseph C ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Oregon
( Above bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 10, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a hospital attendant and also as Single, without dependents.
His remains were returned from Solers, Melun, France in November 1948 to Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota. Sidney was son of Jacob and Amelia Schopp Lesneau, Portland, Oregon formerly of Minneapolis. Sidney had four sisters and two brothers. Sisters were Mrs. Karl Nuerenberg, Mrs. Wallace Sorensen, Maxine Brennan and Mrs. Forest Holes. His brothers were Irving and Melvin M., of St. Paul. His older brother, John, was killed in action in WWI in 1918. Melvin was wounded at Attu during the Aleutian Campaign.
On Janurary 9, 1944, Sidney's mother, Amelia Schapp Lesneau, wrote a letter to Clara Chester, mother of Joseph Wendell Chester, who was also on the Windy City Challenger. It an example of how painful it was to not know the fate of their sons and their efforts to reach out to the families of the missing airmen. The letter was shared by Larissa McShane, great neice of Joseph Chester. She is willing to gift the letter to any family member of Sidney Lesneau.
Service # 17026661
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Airmen who perished on B-17F (#42-3049):
Devine, Joseph F ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Connecticut
Dube, Joseph L P ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, New Hampshire
Lesneau, Sidney J ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Minnesota
Lewis, Arthur C ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Arizona
Meyer, Kenneth V ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Missouri
Perkins, John H, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Illinois
Wendell, Joseph C ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Oregon
( Above bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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