William J Ashton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22874.jpeg UPL 22874 2nd Lt William J Ashton 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 22874 - 2nd Lt William J Ashton 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Dijon, shot down by Fw190 and crashed near Évreux on 6-Feb-44 in P-38J 42-67893 on return from a bomber support mission to Dijon. Heard to be baling out. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2150.



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Columbus, OH, USA 15 December 1941 Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio USA

Died

Évreux, France 6 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Dijon, shot down by Fw190 and crashed near Évreux on 6-Feb-44 in P-38J 42-67893 on return from a bomber support mission to Dijon. Heard to be baling out. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2150.
Canton, OH, USA

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial

Other

Assigned

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK 6 February 1944 Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Born

Ohio, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2150 / MACR 2150, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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