Samuel Joseph Cashio
Military
Family
Object Number - UPL 51127 - Samuel Cashio
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. A/C damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 9-May-44 in B-24 42-95205 'Lonesome Polecat'. INT
Awards: AM (OLC), GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13099632 / O-817408
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Frisco, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | 22 February 1919 | Son of Sam and Lucretia [Peranio] Cashio. NoK: Wife, Elsie Mae [Cooper] Cashio. |
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Enlisted |
Lafayette, LA | 31 August 1943 | Lafayette, Louisiana |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Switzerland | 5 September 1944 - 5 September 1944 | A/C damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 9-May-44 in B-24 42-95205 'Lonesome Polecat'. INT |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
26 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Port Allen, LA | 27 July 1976 | |
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Buried |
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Cemetery Maringouin, Iberville Parish, LA | Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Cemetery Maringouin, Iberville Parish, Louisiana | |
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Based |
Knettishall | 5 September 1944 | Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8601 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Unit History MACR 8601
