Gilbert Lamour Ashley

Military
media-20000.jpeg UPL 20000 My Dad , back row 2nd from the left
Ashley Crew
Back...
Ashley, Gil pilot
Smith, Ron co- pilot
Zeien, Cliff Bombardier
Lewis, Wm. Navigator
Front ...
Carl Woodward (cpl) Crew Chief
Harvey Miller, (Sgt) top turret
Daniel Weinman (Sgt) Nose gunner
Thomas Whitfield (Sgt) Engineer
Richard Dawson (Sgt) radio
Snglich (cpl) tail gunner

http://www.486th.org/Photos/Crew1/Ashley.htm

Object Number - UPL 20000 - My Dad , back row 2nd from the left Ashley Crew Back... Ashley, Gil pilot Smith, Ron co- pilot Zeien, Cliff Bombardier Lewis, Wm. ...

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Richard P Dawson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37505120
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Harvey A Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Rolland Duaine Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-666215
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot

Daniel L Weinman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35527278
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Thomas E Whitfield

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Aircraft

42-52483

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Twentieth Century Wolf
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

43-37949

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nobody Getzit
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Baltimore, MD, USA 3 May 1922

Enlisted

Baltimore, MD, USA 26 January 1942

Other

Shot Down/Captured

Pyongyang, Pyongyang, North Korea 29 January 1953 Shot down in the Korean Was while flying B-29A of the 19th BG.

Died

North Korea 30 January 1954 Died while in captivity. Presumed dead as of this date.

Born

Kent County, MD, USA

Revisions

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Sources

Added associations to A/C #42-52483 & A/C #43-37949 listed on 486th BG website.

https://www.486th.org/BS835/Ashley.htm

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