George N Ahles
MilitaryStanding L-R: Lt Strobell, Lt Biddy, Lt Hungate, Lt Tumlin, Lt Milligan, Lt Toppel, Lt Thistlethwaite, Lt Weaver, Lt Perpente, Capt Leatherman, Lt Hunter, Lt Stump, Lt Stanley, Lt Edwards, Lt King, Capt Lefebre.
Kneeling L-R: Lt Frank, Lt Trudeau, Lt Mincik, Lt Maguire, Lt Terzian, Major Christian, Capt Emory, Lt Field, Lt Ahles, Capt Byers.
Nara Ref 3A47475-3A47999.
Enlisted USAAC Nov-39. Posted to A-20 light bomber squadron. Qualified for pilot training Nov-40. Entered Aviation Cadets Jan-42. Presented wings Nov-42. Advanced pilot training Sep-42. Married Sep-42. Joined 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF nucleus Dec-42. Shipped to ETO with 351FS. Flew combat operations from May-43 till Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC (2 OLC), AM (4 OLC), WWII Victory.
Post War: Remained in USAAF/USAF till 1949. Saleman for family firm.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat IV Carolene
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat II
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Man Made Monster
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born Promoted |
Evansville, IN, USA | 29 February 1916 | |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
Raydon, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7, UK | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
Evansville, IN, USA | |||
Other Promotion |
Raydon, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7, UK | Promoted to Captain. | |
Other Assigned |
Norfolk, VA, USA | Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Based |
Raydon | Based with 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Enlisted |
S Chanute St, Rantoul, IL 61866, USA | Enlisted USAAC. Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL, USA. | |
Died |
Dunwoody, GA, USA | ||
Buried |
Evansville, IL 62242, USA | Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery Evansville Vanderburgh County Indiana, USA |
Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Ahles
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Ahles
https://353rdfightergroup.wordpress.com/351st-fs-aircraft/
http://p47pilots.com/P47-Pilots.cfm?c=incP47BiographyHome.cfm&vm=BIO&pi… N. Ahles
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=113350176
Combined two entries. Now includes information from the following source:
AccidentReports.com / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia