Ernest Andrew Gaal

Military

Object Number - UPL 52993 - 1st Lt Charles H. Aiken crew, 401BG Rear L-R: Charles H. Aiken, Unk, Unk, David D. Benton. Front L-R: Unk, Unk, Unk, Unk, Unk,

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. Charles Aiken crew. ETD

Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Charles H Aiken

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-760521
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102393

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-102398

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dynamite John
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-106992

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Baby Lu, Grin N Bear It
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39993

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Johnstown, PA 29 March 1920 Son of Frank and Mary [Isoczky] Gaal.

Enlisted

Altoona, PA 15 June 1943 Altoona, Pennsylvania

Other

Discharged USAAF

27 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

6 March 1979

Buried

Grandview Cemetery Southmont, Cambria County, PA 9 March 1979 Grandview Cemetery Southmont, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date8 Nov 2021 18:33:39
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170666026/ernest-a-gaal

Date8 Nov 2021 18:27:36
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/545545588
https://www.fold3.com/record/17751351/ernest-gaal-social-security-death…
https://www.fold3.com/record/87415511/ernest-a-gaal-wwii-army-enlistmen…
https://www.fold3.com/record/626868571/ernest-gaal-1920-veterans-affair…
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139418423
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1389
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170666026/ernest-a-gaal

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:13
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1389

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