65th Fighter Wing
Wing
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Military
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.
Wing
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Headquarters
Military site : non-airfield
Headquarters 65th Fighter Wing.
Exact location unknown.
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Covington, Kentucky | 1 December 1904 |
Son of Robert Wesley and Julia E [Bagby] Auton. |
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Enlisted | Kentucky, USA | 1928 |
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 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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23 November 2021 14:21:26 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, biography, awards and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/312801793 |
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15 June 2017 21:28:28 | wirlaa | Changes to events |
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Andrew Auton - great-nephew of Jesse Auton |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
01 August 2016 12:00:00 | Al_Skiff | Changes to media associations |
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-Brig-General-Jesse-Auton-Grouping-8th-AAF-6... |
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01 August 2016 11:54:15 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-Brig-General-Jesse-Auton-Grouping-8th-AAF-6... |
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21 March 2015 21:58:42 | apollo11 | Changes to highest rank |
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Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer. |
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27 September 2014 18:15:12 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 |