George Allison Ash

Military

Assigned to 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 3rd Scouting Force.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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

Born

Yonkers, NY 13 March 1924

Enlisted

New York City, NY 4 November 1942 New York City, New York

Other

Transferred

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK 9 November 1944 Transferred to 3rd Scouting Force.

Died

Greenville, SC 20 September 1957

Buried

Woodlawn Memorial Park Greenville, Greenville County, SC 23 September 1957 Woodlawn Memorial Park Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina

Revisions

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- WWW.55th.org roster

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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ContributorAAM
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list