Leon Stiglich

Military

Flew 25 missions over Europe from March to September 1944



AM/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

Gilbert Lamour Ashley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52483

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, Michigan 28 June 1922

Revisions

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Sources

Added an association to the A/C #42-52483 listed on the 486th BG website.

Added an association to the pilot (Gilbert L. Ashley) listed on the 486th BG website.

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

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self