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1LT Hugh Rhodes Ashby

Birth
Sprague, Lincoln County, Washington, USA
Death
3 Jan 1944 (aged 22)
Tooele County, Utah, USA
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First Lieutenant Ashby was the pilot of
U S Army Air Corps B-17G Flying Fortress
#42-31547, serving with the 749th Bomb
Squadron, 457th Bomb Group.

After departing Wendover Field, the B-17
developed engine trouble during a snowstorm
and crashed into the Cedar Mountains, about
twelve miles southwest of Delle, Utah.

Also killed were:

2nd Lt. Marvin J Bible
2nd Lt. Clarence R McRae
2nd Lt. John W Newman
T/Sgt. Joseph Barboza
S/Sgt. Robert A Timmons
~
Entered the service from King County, Washington.
First Lieutenant Ashby was the pilot of
U S Army Air Corps B-17G Flying Fortress
#42-31547, serving with the 749th Bomb
Squadron, 457th Bomb Group.

After departing Wendover Field, the B-17
developed engine trouble during a snowstorm
and crashed into the Cedar Mountains, about
twelve miles southwest of Delle, Utah.

Also killed were:

2nd Lt. Marvin J Bible
2nd Lt. Clarence R McRae
2nd Lt. John W Newman
T/Sgt. Joseph Barboza
S/Sgt. Robert A Timmons
~
Entered the service from King County, Washington.

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Cremation at Salt Lake Mausoleum, Salt Lake City, Utah; Cremains sent to Seattle, Washington.

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