Ray Morris Ashba
Military
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UPL 40475
1LT Ray Morris Ashba
Navigator
Darrell Boucher Crew
453BG - 735BS
Navigator
Darrell Boucher Crew
453BG - 735BS
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-816778
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698896
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shoo-Shoo Baby
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Fairfield, IN | 12 June 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Chicago, Illinois | 19 February 1943 | |
Based |
Cluntoe | 26 May 1944 | Assigned with Crew for theatre combat crew training. |
Died |
Warren, Michigan | 6 December 1960 | |
Buried |
Troy, Michigan | 10 December 1960 | White Chapel Memorial Cemetery Troy, Michigan |
Detroit, Michigan | Harmon Avenue | ||
Other Graduated |
Ann Arbor, Michigan | University of Michigan Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education |
Revisions
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Sources
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6224&h=1211890…
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1255487
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2375/40050_2421406260_0440-00505?p…
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1265/31916_b032648-00339?
pid=12455085&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=JLv2447&_phstart=successSource
SO#142, HQ AAF Station 238, 26 May 1944
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc