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Louis P Ajello

Military

  • 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

    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

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Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission and crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355

Service

People

  • William Aaron

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator, Top Turret Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
    Killed in Action (KIA) 09/27/44 Shot down on Kassel mission crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355

  • Roy Bolin

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 445th Bomb Group
    Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355

  • Charles Weatherly

    Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
    Killed in Action (KIA) 27 September 1944 in B-24 #42-51355

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Units served with

  • 445th Bomb Group

    445th Bomb Group

    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...

  • 703rd Bomb Squadron

    703rd Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

Missions

  • 8th Air Force 650

    27 September 1944
    This mission is conducted by three elements against industrial targets, an oil refinery and an aircraft factory in Germany. A total of 1,192 heavy bombers are dispatched from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Bomb Divisions: ...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Helena, Montana, USA
Killed in Action (KIA) Germany 27 September 1944
Died 27 September 1944
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
O-722971
Highest rank
Second Lieutenant
Role/job
Navigator
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
06 January 2020 02:50:52 jmoore43 Changes to biography and unit associations
Sources

Added a connection to 8th AF. Added a "-" in the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography".
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:19:20 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

2AD Roll of Honor MACR 9393 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9393 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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