Frank Ray Aheron
Military ROLL OF HONOURBoxted airfield museum
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in crash at Cranfield following mechanical failure of P-47M 44-21125. Canopy covered in oil, engine misfiring before crashing 2 miles north of Cranfield, Died Non Battle DNB.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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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: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Eden, NC 27288, USA | 4 September 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Asheville, NC, USA | 30 October 1942 | |
Other Assigned |
Boxted, Colchester, Essex, UK | 26 October 1944 - 11 March 1945 | Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Cranfield, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire MK43, UK | 11 March 1945 | Killed in crash at Cranfield following mechanical failure of aircraft. Canopy covered in oil engine misfiring before crashing. |
Buried |
Raleigh National Cemetery Raleigh Wake County NC | Raleigh National Cemetery Raleigh Wake County North Carolina, USA. | |
Leaksville, NC 27288, USA | |||
Other Married |
Married Eileen Theresa Matthews They met when both attended Lees-McRae college in Banner Elk, N.C., USA |
Revisions
I am the daughter of Eileen T Matthews Aheron. Information taken from family papers
Created a single record from duplicate to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm
- http://www.8thafhs.com/old/get_one_mission.php?mission_id=1892