Ethelbert F Amason
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Added connection and caption from info in the image.
Object Number - UPL 22914 - Ethelbert F Amason
Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Rijssen, Holland after combat with an Bf109 on a bomber escort mission to Ijmuiden in P-47D 42-75567. Killed in Action (KIA). 30-Jan-44. MACR 2133.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Frederick, OK 73542, USA | 18 December 1923 | Son of Charlie Fowler and Nettie Pearl [Houts] Amason. |
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Other Crashed |
Avenger Field (SWW), Sweetwater, TX 79556, USA | 23 October 1942 | Take Off Accident Ground Loop Avenger Field, Texas Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt Elthelbert F Amason, 23-Oct-42. PT-19A 41-15004 - 318AAFFTD |
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Died |
Rijssen, Netherlands | 30 January 1944 | Crashed near Rijssen, Holland after combat with an Bf109 on a bomber escort mission in P-47D 42-75567. Killed in Action (KIA). 30-Jan-44. MACR 2133. |
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Buried |
Raymondville, TX 78580, USA | Memorialised Raymondville Memorial Cemetery Raymondville Willacy County Texas, USA. | |
| Hargill, TX, USA | |||
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Other Assigned |
Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK | 30 January 1944 | Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery |
Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Amason
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Amason
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=2133
https://www.fold3.com/image/28598634/?terms=42-75567
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Amason&GSfn=ethel…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2133 / MACR 2133, 8th AF losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
