Jesse D Auton
Military
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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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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Military site
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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.) |
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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. |
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Buried |
4 July 1952 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section: 7, Grave: 8188-2 | |
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Enlisted |
Kentucky, USA |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43338548/jesse-d-auton
Andrew Auton - great-nephew of Jesse Auton
http://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/
Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.
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
![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 On reverse: Passed for Personal Use Only - Not For Publication - Station Censor P-357 [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-401452.jpg.webp?itok=xJOHoQyQ)
