Charles Edward Ashcraft III

Military
media-26346.jpeg UPL 26346 First Lieutenant Ralph "Kidd" Hofer, 4th Fighter Group, talking with his I.O. Lieutenant Charles Ashcraft before the first Russia Shuttle mission. Official caption on back: "Lt. Ralph K. Hover (sic), Salem, Mo., gets last minute instruction from his intelligence officer, Lt. Charles Ashcraft, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for the 21 June 44 long range fighter escort mission with bomber of the 8th Air Force which attacked targets in central Germany and then flew on to land in Russia. Lt. Hofer, the former Golden Gloves boxing champion, was recently forced down in France. He landed on the Normandy beachhead and then flew back to England, bringing with him a German helmet and a copy of Hitler’s "Mein Kampf" as souvenirs. Lt. Hover (sic) has a total of 19 ½ enemy aircraft destroyed, 16 ½ in the air and 13 on the ground." (This caption has misspelled Hofer's name as 'Hover' twice.)

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Object Number - UPL 26346 - First Lieutenant Ralph "Kidd" Hofer, 4th Fighter Group, talking with his I.O. Lieutenant Charles Ashcraft before the first Russia Shuttle mission....

Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Born

Crafton, PA, USA 11 February 1911 Son of Charles Edward Jr and Edna May [Miller] Ashcraft.

Based

Debden 1 December 1942 - 26 August 1945 Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Promotion

Debden, Loughton IG10 3SW, UK 21 March 1943 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

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Promotion

Debden, Loughton IG10 3SW, UK 1 April 1945 Promoted to Captain.

Died

Pennsylvania, USA 18 December 1955
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Buried

Pleasant Hills, PA, USA Jefferson Memorial Park Pleasant Hills Allegheny County Pennsylvania, USA

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr.' / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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