Ray F Argast

Military

Entered Service at Fort Snelling, MN 16 July 1941. Joined 392nd BG November 1943. Rank at end of WWII was 2nd Lt. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Bad Hersfeld, GR on a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7496 'The Jinx'. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

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Born

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 February 1944

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Sources

392nd BG Memorial Association Membership Directory, June 1987; MACR 2946, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2946 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database