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Last Rank
Captain
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Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1024-Pilot, Four-Engine Aircraft
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Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)
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Primary Unit
1953-1954, POW North Korea
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Service Years
1942 - 1953
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Personal Details
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Year of Birth
1922 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Sgt Stephen Willcox-Deceased
to remember
Ashley, Gilbert Lamour, Jr., Capt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Rock Hall, Maryland |
Last Address
Kadena AB, Okinawa
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Casualty Date
Jan 29, 1953 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Captured |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Korea, North |
Conflict
Korean War |
Location of Interment
Not Specified |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Died as POW, Body Not Recovered |
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1942-1942, United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)
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1943-1944, AAF MOS 1051, 9th Antisubmarine Squadron
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1944-1944, AAF MOS 1092, 486th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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1944-1944, AAF MOS 1091, 486th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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1952-1953, 28th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy
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1952-1953, 19th Bombardment Wing, Medium
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1953-1954, POW North Korea
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Last Known Activity
"Captain Ashley was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 28th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group. On January 29, 1953, the aircraft was shot down by MiGs eleven miles south of Pyongyang and eighteen miles east of Sariwon. He was taken Prisoner of War and died as a prisoner. He was presumed dead on January 30, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial...Source: American Battle Monuments Commission, The Korean War Honor Roll, http://www.abmc.gov
"29 January 1953 B-29A 42-65357, 28th Bmb Sq, 19th Bmb Wg. Downed by MiGs at night 10-12 mi S of Pyongyang (18 mi E of Sariwon). 3 of crew were returned from captivity, 2 were POWs, 9 MIA
Abrahamson, Gerald D A2C USAF RMC
Ashley, Jr. Gilbert L 1st Lt USAF POW
Henry, Dewey R 1Lt USAF MIA
Ishida, Hidemaro S. A2C USAF POW
Miller, Lee H SGT USAF RMC
O'Meara, jr. Jame J A2C USAF MIA
Olsen, Arthur R 1Lt USAF MIA
Pope, Jame D. A2C USAF MIA
Schwab, Edward A A2C USAF MIA
Shaddick, III, John P 2Lt USAF MIA
Stevenson, Frank J A3C USAF MIA
Stopa, Dewey NMI 2Lt USAF KIA
Turner, Harold P 1Lt USAF MIA
Weinbrandt, Robert L. A2C USAF RMC"
Source: http://www.ejection-history.org
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Comments/Citation
"Name: Gilbert L Ashley Jr
Birth Year: 1922
Nativity State of Country: Maryland
State of Residence: Maryland
County or City: Kent
Enlistment Date: 26 Jan 1942
Enlistment State: Maryland
Enlistment City: Baltimore
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the war...
Component: Army of the United States
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Laundresses, private family
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 70
Weight: 141"
Source: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com
Note: Lt. Ashley was known to be alive as of the close of the Korean War. The group, often called the "Ashley Five," included 1st Lt. Ashley, A2C Hidemaro Ishida, 1Lt Arthur Olsen, 2Lt John P. Shaddick and 1Lt Harold P. Turner. On May 24th, the U.S. military attempted a rescue mission of the five but were fired upon and aborted the mission. How the military knew the five were alive in July of 1953 is unclear, and what happened to the five men is still unknown, but they were not killed on the day of the crash. Sources: http://www.nationalalliance.org/korea/k-aft01.htm, Deseret News, "Shadowy episode of Korean War still mystery, Dec. 29, 1997, and http://www.google.com - google name Hidemaro Ishida
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