Irwin Clifford Aaseby
MilitaryIrwin Aaseby served as a gunner with the 306th Bomb Group from Thurleigh. He was shot down on 28 July 1943 in B-17 #42-29779 'Bab's Best', bailed out and was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW). He was held at Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria 48-15.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bab's best
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Minnesota, USA | 18 February 1916 | |
Enlisted |
Tacoma, WA, USA | 3 June 1942 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
28 July 1943 - 20 June 1945 | ||
Died |
13 May 1986 | ||
Buried |
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Thief River Falls, MN 56701, USA |
Revisions
MACR 124
Enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
POW record: http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=38637
Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=aaseby&GSfn=irwin…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 124 / MACR 124, First Over Germany pg.146, NARA / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database