Jesse D Auton

Military

Object Number - UPL 23987 - Brigadier General Jesse Auton

Deployed to ETO with 65th Fighter Wing, 8AF USAAF. 12 combat missions. Killed in a plane crash at Offutt AFB, Omaha, 30-Mar-52, while returning on a flight from California.

Awards: AM, DFC, Bronze Star, Legion de Honour, Legion of Merit (OLC), PH, Croix de Guerre (French), Croix de Guerre (Belgian), EAME, American Campaign Medal, American Defense Medal.

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Covington, Kentucky 1 December 1904 Son of Robert Wesley and Julia E [Bagby] Auton. He was raised in Piner, KY. (just a few minutes south of Covington, KY.)

Died

Offutt AFB, NE, USA 30 March 1952 Killed in a plane crash at Offutt AFB, Omaha, 30-Mar-52, while returning on a flight from California.

Buried

4 July 1952 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section: 7, Grave: 8188-2

Enlisted

Kentucky, USA

Revisions

Date23 Nov 2021 14:21:26
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, biography, awards and events
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/312801793
https://www.fold3.com/record/530055335/jesse-d-auton-american-battle-mo…
https://www.fold3.com/record/707578814/auton-jesse-us-veterans-gravesit…
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1673185/brigadi…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43338548/jesse-d-auton

Date15 Jun 2017 21:28:28
Contributorwirlaa
ChangesChanges to events
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Andrew Auton - great-nephew of Jesse Auton
http://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/

Date1 Aug 2016 12:00:00
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to media associations
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-Brig-General-Jesse-Auton-Grouping-8th-AAF-6...
https://www.fold3.com/page/530055335_jesse_d%20auton/details/
https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=Sh…

Date1 Aug 2016 11:54:15
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-Brig-General-Jesse-Auton-Grouping-8th-AAF-…
https://www.fold3.com/page/530055335_jesse_d%20auton/details/
https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=Sh…

Date21 Mar 2015 21:58:42
Contributorapollo11
ChangesChanges to highest rank
Sources

Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:15:12
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45

Jesse D Auton: Gallery (33 items)

Object number: UPL 22574 - Video featuring Captain Don Gentile after...

Squadron Leader Boles?aw "Mike" G?adych of the Polish Air Force (attached to the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group) being awarded an American medal by Brigadier-General Jesse Auton, the Commander of the 65th Fighter Wing of the Eighth Air Force.

Object number: FRE 2526 - Squadron Leader Boles?aw "Mike" G?adych of the...

Brigadier-General Jesse Auton with Colonel Hubert Zemke and General William E. Kepner of the 56th Fighter Group after being awarded medals. Handwritten caption on reverse: '56th. Auton, Zemke, Kepner.'

Object number: FRE 2562 - Brigadier-General Jesse Auton with Colonel Hubert...

Colonel Davd C Schilling of the 56th Fighter Group receives a medal from General Auton. Handwriten on reverse: 'Gen. Auton, Col. Schilling.'

Object number: FRE 2705 - Colonel Davd C Schilling of the 56th Fighter Group...

Colonel Davd C Schilling of the 56th Fighter Group receives a medal from General Auton. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Dave Schilling.' On reverse: Passed for Personal Use Only - Not For Publication - Station Censor P-357 [Stamp].

Object number: FRE 2706 - Colonel Davd C Schilling of the 56th Fighter Group...

High ranking officers of the 8th Air Force enjoy a drink at the 355th Fighter Group base, Steeple Morden. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Kinnard, Spaatz, Gilchrist, Doolittle, Stewart, Auton, ? & Kepner.'

Object number: FRE 438 - High ranking officers of the 8th Air Force enjoy a...

A C-45 Expeditor (serial number 42-2428), painted in black. Imagie via Ritchie. Written on slide casing: 'C-456 22482, Debden. A/C black.'

Object number: FRE 6899 - A C-45 Expeditor (serial number 42-2428), painted...

Brigadier General Jesse Auton awards the Air Medal to Lieutenant Frederick J Christensen of the 56th Fighter Group. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on reverse: 'Brig Gen Jesse Auton pining the Air Medal on Lieutenant (then) Fred J Christensen. Auton was the CG of the 65th Air Div Wing. Christensen ultimately registerd 22 air victories & became a Major in the 56th.'

Object number: FRE 9914 - Brigadier General Jesse Auton awards the Air Medal...

Major James C "Jimmie" Stewart of the 56th Fighter Group in awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Brigadier General Jesse Auton. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'Major Jimmie Stuart being awarded the DFC by B Gen Jesse Auton, April 1944, Boxted, Eng.'

Object number: FRE 9915 - Major James C "Jimmie" Stewart of the 56th Fighter...

Squadron Leader Boles?aw "Mike" G?adych of the Polish Air Force (attached to the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group) being awarded an American medal by Brigadier-General Jesse Auton, the Commander of the 65th Fighter Wing of the Eighth Air Force.

Object number: FRE 9920 - Squadron Leader Boles?aw "Mike" G?adych of the...

Object number: UPL 13934 - Lt. Winslow "Mike" Sobanski (right) receiving an...

Object number: UPL 14008 - Brigadier General Jesse Auton, Commanding Officer...