Nick Asvestos
Military
Rear L-R: Lt's Noel E. Shoup, Walter E. Ulbricht, Byron F. Clark, James Litherland.
Front L-R: Sgt's Harry Conray Ross, William L. Hostetter Jr, Donald Bernard Harrison, Nick Asvestos, Ben W. Bragg, Robert T. Gribble.
Object Number - UPL 40256 - "Lt. Shoup and crew of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Miss Manooki'. England, 20 November...
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bois-Coquered in B-17F 42-5306; Shot down by flak and crashed SW of Abbeville 28-Feb-44. EVD. MACR 2863
Awards: AM, BSM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18075216 / O-672887
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
West Virginia, USA | 12 April 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 30 October 1942 | New York City, New York |
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Other Blown out of A/C EVD |
Abbeville, France | 28 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bois-Coquered in B-17F 42-5306; Shot down by flak and crashed SW of Abbeville 28-Feb-44. EVD. MACR 2863 |
|
Other Evaded (EVD) |
France | 28 February 1944 - 17 May 1944 | Evaded capture. |
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Died |
10 January 2007 | ||
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Buried |
Lawnwood Cemetery Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV | 13 January 2007 | Lawnwood Cemetery Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia |
| Astoria, NY | |||
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Based |
Molesworth | 28 February 1944 | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/83642601-nick-asvestos
https://www.fold3.com/image/28743093?terms=42-5306
https://www.fold3.com/image/32145418?terms=noel%20shoup
They came from Burgundy: A study of the Bourgogne escape line By Keith Janes
http://www.303rdbg.com/359shoup.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40198683/nick-asvestos
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2863, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
