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
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Roy E Bolin
Military
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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
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355
Service
People
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Louis Ajello
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 445th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission and crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355 -
Truman Armstrong
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 445th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down on Kassel mission and crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 42-51355 -
Laurence Barben
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 445th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355 -
Robert Oleson
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission and crashed near 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
Units served with
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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
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-51355
B-24 Liberator
Missions
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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: ...
Associated Place
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Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA | |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | Germany | 27 September 1944 |
| Died | 27 September 1944 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 29 April 2021 01:50:20 | acbernstein1 | Changes to person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM; U.S. findagrave.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 January 2020 03:13:24 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography and unit associations |
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Added a connection to 8th AF. Added a "-" in the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography". |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:24:34 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Birsic, 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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