Shot down on 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30010, Killed in Action (KIA). "On the mission to Stuttgart, Lt. Asher called for permission to pull out of the formation to check a smoke problem in his bomb bay. He slid to his left about 300 feet and all seemed to be okay, when suddenly his airplane blew up in midair. The parachutes, without the crew men floated down through the air like autumn leaves. It was a sickening sight, because we knew that the poor devils were falling to earth without a chance to survive." This is a statement from a book by Gen. J. Kemp McLaughlin, a leader of the 92nd BG in WW II.