William J Ashton
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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