The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
Staff Sergeant Merle P. Lansing was a gunner aboard B-24D 42-40609 on the August 1, 1943 Ploesti mission. His surname appears as Lansing, Lemoine, and Lapsine across the OCR pages; Lansing appears on the clearest version.
Next of kin listed was Mrs. Leman A. Lansing (mother), Kernersville, Louisiana.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Position
Gunner
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 115
01 Aug 1943
Ploesti, Romania
“Jersey Bounce”
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record