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Grave marker for the communal grave of William Aaron Louis Ajello, Truman Armstrong, Laurence Barben, Roy Bolin, Robert Oleson and Charles Weatherly of the 455th Bomb Group at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
Group
The 445th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Tibenham, Norfolk. The crews' first mission was bombing U-boat installations at Kiel on 13 December 1943. The Group continued to hit strategic targets in Germany, including the aircraft components factory...
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator, Top Turret Gunner
Killed in Action (KIA) 09/27/44 Shot down on Kassel mission crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission and crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier
Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down on Kassel mission and crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 42-51355
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission and crashed near Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner
Killed in Action (KIA) 27 September 1944 in B-24 #42-51355
Cemetery
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 29 April 2021 01:37:50 | acbernstein1 | Created entry with caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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U.S. findagrave.com |
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