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Ray Morris Ashba

Military

media-40475.jpeg UPL 40475 1LT Ray Morris Ashba
Navigator
Darrell Boucher Crew
453BG - 735BS

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Object Number - UPL 40475 - 1LT Ray Morris Ashba Navigator Darrell Boucher Crew 453BG - 735BS

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Airmen of the 458th Bomb Group gather outside a hangar after a mission. Image via Lieutenant Vincent Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Intill smoke cigars, 753rd Hangar & operations. Kania W/O cap, Cullet W/ Cap, Vincent with cigar.'

735th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Darrell Arthur Boucher

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-816778
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Ralph L Miller

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

42-110078

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Shoo-Shoo Baby
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Old Buckenham airfield looking east, the bomb dump is upper left, the technical site and sick quarters are below the airfield, 9 November 1943. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC73. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Old Buckenham

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

Date30 Oct 2019 18:14:15

Contributor466thHistorian

Changes

Sources

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SO#142, HQ AAF Station 238, 26 May 1944

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:59

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc

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