Eino Asiala

Military
Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and his crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May 1943.' Printed caption on reverse: '51783 AC- Brig. General Fred L. Anderson with crew of the 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Back row, left to right: S/Sgt. J.D. Polk, ball turret gunner, Okla. City, Okla.; S/Sgt. A.W. Hornden[?], top turret gunner; T/Sgt. McNemar, Radio Operator, Weston, W. Va.; General Anderson; Col. J. media-408483.jpg FRE 3854 Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and a crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May 1943.
Printed caption on reverse: '51783 AC- Brig. General Fred L. Anderson with crew of the 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
Back row, left to right:
S/Sgt. Jefferson D. Polk, ball turret gunner, Okla. City, Okla.;
S/Sgt. A.W. Hornden[?], top turret gunner;
T/Sgt. Charles H. McNemar, Radio Operator, Weston, W. Va.;
General Fred L. Anderson;
Col. John G. Moore, co-pilot, Los Animas, Col.;
Capt. Kenneth S. Steele, pilot, Santa Rosa, Calif.;
Capt. John F. Watters, Group Bombardier, Slema, Ala.;
1st Lt. Robert Schaefer, Navigator, Minn.
Front row, left to right:
S/Sgt. Earl L. Porath, waist gunner, Naleigh, Neb.;
S/Sgt. Eino Asiala, tail gunner, Freda, Mich.;
S/Sgt. Richard H. Lewis, waist gunner, Chicago, Ill.;
and 1st Lt. Martin V. Stanford, bombardier, Kokomo, Ind.
U.S. Air Force Photo.'
Handwritten on reverse: '19/5/43.' Roger Freeman Collection

Completed names; corrected Asiala's last name

Object Number - FRE 3854 - Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and a crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May...

Eino Asiala was Tail Gunner on B-17 #42-3190, shot down over France, 14 July 1943. Initially evaded, he was captured in Paris at the end of August 1943 and made a Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Robert Thomas Conroy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

James Horace Curtis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37099500
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Roscoe F Greene

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20147842 at enlistment, then O-734337
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Kee Hastings Harrison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1699149
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and his crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May 1943.' Printed caption on reverse: '51783 AC- Brig. General Fred L. Anderson with crew of the 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Back row, left to right: S/Sgt. J.D. Polk, ball turret gunner, Okla. City, Okla.; S/Sgt. A.W. Hornden[?], top turret gunner; T/Sgt. McNemar, Radio Operator, Weston, W. Va.; General Anderson; Col. J.

Richard Henry Lewis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36345860
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

Two German soldiers guard the wreck of a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '14/7/43.'

42-3190

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mr Five by Five, Nip N Tuck
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

17 October 1922 Freda, Houghton County, Michigan, United States

Other

Evaded capture

14 July 1943 with the help of French citizens and members of the Résistance. Betrayed and captured in Paris

Died

12 February 2006 Grand Rapids, Michigan
Freda, Michigan

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Interned at Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW record: “Returned to Military Control 29 May 1945.”

Revisions

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Corrected first name > Eino, not Einos...
MACR 114
WWII Draft card
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
E-mails 2004-2005 with local researcher Frenchman Loic Lemarchand

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added S/N and POW camp info from POW records at the National Archives.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 114 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Eino Asiala: Gallery (1 items)

Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and his crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May 1943.' Printed caption on reverse: '51783 AC- Brig. General Fred L. Anderson with crew of the 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Back row, left to right: S/Sgt. J.D. Polk, ball turret gunner, Okla. City, Okla.; S/Sgt. A.W. Hornden[?], top turret gunner; T/Sgt. McNemar, Radio Operator, Weston, W. Va.; General Anderson; Col. J.

Object number: FRE 3854 - Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and a crew of...