Theodore Romaine Aylesworth

Military
media-48276.jpeg UPL 48276 COL Theodore R. Aylesworth
Group Commander
416th BG - 9th AF

Object Number - UPL 48276 - COL Theodore R. Aylesworth Group Commander 416th BG - 9th AF

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Daddy Land's Commando
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
B-26 Marauders, including (serial number 43-9701) of the 416th Bomb Group fly in formation.
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Liberty, Pennsylvania 19 February 1914

Enlisted

Harrisburg, PA 14 March 1938

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Bernay, France 4 March 1944

Other

Final 416th BG Combat Mission

Sonderhausen, Germany 8 April 1945 Flew 28 combat missions

Died

Wellsboro, PA 20 June 2001

Enlisted

Liberty, PA 23 June 2001 Salem Lutheran Cemetery Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA

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