Raymond Franklin Gaswint
Military
Ancestry
Object Number - UPL 46741 - Gaswint
Shot down at Ohlum on 6/18/44 in B-17 #4337714
POW
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (447th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-406173
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Butler County, OH | 29 August 1922 | |
| Globe, Arizona | 29 June 1942 | ||
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Enlisted |
Phoenix, Arizona | 12 February 1943 | |
|
Other POW |
Tychowo, Poland | 25 June 1944 | Stalag Luft IV |
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Died |
Bend, OR | 24 December 2007 | |
|
Enlisted |
Bend, OR | 28 December 2007 | Deschutes Memorial Gardens Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, USA |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
in the vicinity of Ohlum, Germany | 18 June 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5902 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945, MACR 5902