Oscar A Gascon Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 751BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97452 crashed into channel off Ostend. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5296.
Awards: AM(3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803813
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | 1 January 1924 | |
Enlisted |
New Orleans, LA, USA | 30 October 1942 | |
Died |
25 miles off Ostend, Belgium | 28 May 1944 | Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97452 crashed into channel off Ostend. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5296. |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery | ||
Based |
Glatton | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 751BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Iberville Parish, LA, USA | |||
Buried |
Baton Rouge, LA, USA | Memorialised Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge Parish |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5296 / MACR 5296, ABMC / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database