Homer Frederick Ausman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13962.jpeg UPL 13962 Paul E Kingsley Crew, Belle of Boston, 42-52404
Back Row: Raymond Hunter - E, John Rogenmuser - N, Homer Ausman - CP, Paul Kingsley - P, Arthur Doyle - B
Front Row: Albert Nix - G, Sherman Cassidy - G, Wayne Danielson - G, Ben Wishinski - RO, Arthur Neubacher - NTG

http://www.458bg.com/crew42kingsley.htm

Object Number - UPL 13962 - Paul E Kingsley Crew, Belle of Boston, 42-52404 Back Row: Raymond Hunter - E, John Rogenmuser - N, Homer Ausman - CP, Paul Kingsley - P, Arthur...

Killed in Action (KIA) on mission to Brunswick, Germany. Plane crashed shortly after takeoff.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Paul Elton Kingsley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2045233
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52404

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Belle of Boston
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Greene County, IN, USA 21 January 1918

Enlisted

Evansville, IN, USA 27 May 1942

Died

Court Hill, Frettenham, Norfolk UK 8 May 1944

Buried

Bloomfield Greene County Indiana, USA Grandview Cemetery

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Added a location to the Buried event .

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Find A Grave Memorial# 16800496
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history & Page 272 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 & 458bg.com, Kingsley  crew, crew member list & picture included

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