Ernest Ashman Tipton
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. Baled out of B-24 41-29572 'Scotty' 7-Jun-44 after Ju88 intruder damaged aircraft. Initially listed as missing in action, body found in farmers field 2-Aug-44. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6725
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060015 / O-808941
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Scotty
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Burrton, KS | 3 December 1922 | Son of Author Llod and Mary Turah [Lindsey] Tipton. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 19 January 1943 | Los Angeles, California |
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Died |
Near Ipswich, UK | 7 June 1944 | Baled out of B-24 41-29572 'Scotty' 7-Jun-44 after Ju88 intruder damaged aircraft. KIA MACR 6725 |
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Buried |
3 August 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery | |
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Buried |
Lakin Cemetery, Lakin, KS | Re-Interred Lakin Cemetery Lakin, Kearny County, KS | |
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Based |
Mendlesham | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Combat Sup, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 3 by Bishop and Hey p. 344, MACR 6725 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province, Roll of Honor