Frank Ray Aheron

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Boxted airfield museum

Object Number - UPL 21065

Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in crash at Cranfield following mechanical failure of P-47M 44-21125. Canopy covered in oil, engine misfiring before crashing 2 miles north of Cranfield, Died Non Battle DNB.



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Eden, NC 27288, USA 4 September 1923

Enlisted

Asheville, NC, USA 30 October 1942

Other

Assigned

Boxted, Colchester, Essex, UK 26 October 1944 - 11 March 1945 Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Cranfield, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire MK43, UK 11 March 1945 Killed in crash at Cranfield following mechanical failure of aircraft. Canopy covered in oil engine misfiring before crashing.

Buried

Raleigh National Cemetery Raleigh Wake County NC Raleigh National Cemetery Raleigh Wake County North Carolina, USA.
Leaksville, NC 27288, USA

Other

Married

Married Eileen Theresa Matthews They met when both attended Lees-McRae college in Banner Elk, N.C., USA

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorsuzehart
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Sources

I am the daughter of Eileen T Matthews Aheron. Information taken from family papers

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ContributorRichard Boxted
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Boxted airfield museum

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Created a single record from duplicate to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm
- http://www.8thafhs.com/old/get_one_mission.php?mission_id=1892

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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