Militaria, Vintage Clothing, Collectibles
Lot 126:
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Lot of items from 1st Lt. Jesse A. Teague. Includes all items shown. Silk blood chit and map of Eastern China; Sterling pb 3in. Pilot’s wings, leather name strip, dog tag, shoulder holster, photo with aircraft, and tan, lightweight Officer’s crusher. Jesse Ardell Teague was born January 15, 1921 in Shannon, Texas, and graduated from Texas A&M with an engineering degree in 1942 before earning a commission in the Army in May. He was then assigned to flight training, earing his wings in October 1943 at the USAAF Central Flying Training Command and afterwards assigned as a Flight Instructor in Florida. He was deployed overseas to the CBI in October of 1944 and assigned to the 76thFighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group. He was part of a mission on June Here is an initial file on the loss of Lieut. Colonel Loren Vincent Teeter, CO of the 76th Fighter Squadron (December 1944 to his death) during a bomber escort missing near Liuzhou city, Guangxi province on June 3, 1945. Teeter was flying P-51D Mustang Ship #44-11313 when he was shot down by Japanese small arms fire. The Mustang was never found and his body never recovered. Lieut. Colonel Teeter?s name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery, Philippines. Below is the 76th Fighter Squadron mission report -RSHonor.org-: Date: 3 June 1945 Planes: 14 P51’s. 1 F6 Time Off: 1215 Purpose and Results: Mitchell escort and Napalm Liuchow, Recon. Luichow area. The Mustangs of the 76th and 11 Mustangs of the 118th Tac. Recon. joined the group of 40 B-25’s at Ishan and proceeded to Liuchow. Capt. Gilmore’s flight went ahead and strafed A/A and MG positions. The bombers then went back and forth over the area dropping their bombs. The fighter leader finally got the signal from the bombers that they were through and the fighters went in to strafe and burn previously assigned targets. As soon as the 118th dropped their Napalm. Lt. Col. Teeter went in and proceeded to finish the job of strafing the gun positions. At this time more incendiaries began to fall among the flight. The flight turned out of the way of the bombs and went in for a second pass. Lt. Col. Teeter’s plane was last seen as it entered the smoke. The second 76th flight also had to turn aside because of falling bombs but put their Napalm on the secondary target completely destroying it. One flight caught a six by six on the runway and destroyed it. Another flight caught a horse and blue uniformed rider and killed them. Three motor launches, estimated 40 feet in length were caught in the river just above Liuchow as they headed for shore. The boats were damaged and some of their crews killed. Twenty five handcars with supplies were strafed near Ishan. Lt. Dahlberg’s plane was damaged slightly when land mines exploded under him. Lt. Leece received a piece of shrapnel in the cockpit which scratched his arm. A 20 MM shell in the tail which caused minor damage. The piece in the cockpit damaged the radio and set it afire. Lt. Leece released the canopy preparing to bail out and the fire was blown out. He brought the plane home and landed safely. One other plane received minor damage from ground fire. Lt. Col. Teeter did not return. Six MG’s knocked out, 46 men killed, several 40 MM guns silenced, many warehouses and other buildings burned and three launches damaged, one horse killed. Pilots: Lt. Col. Teeter, Lts. Christansan, Beazley, Dahlberg, Major Whiddon, Lts. Brokow, Teague, Breingan, Capt. Lillie, Lts. Ellis, Lawman, Steinhardt; Capt. Gilmore (23rd GP) Lts. Tapp. and Leece. At some point after July 1945 1st Lieut. Teague was transferred from the 76th Fighter Squadron to the 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron since he is listed on their final Squadron roster at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on September 21, 1945. After the war, Teague moved to Odessa, Texas and became a petroleum Engineer with Gulf Oil Co. for 34 years, retiring in 1981. He died on June 1, 1990 at Wichita Falls, Texas at age 69, and was buried there at Crestview Memorial Park.
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