About
World War II (1939-1945)
Augustus Aho was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 1910. By 1929, he was living in Schenectady, New York. Before entering the military, he was employed by the Modern Sign Service.
On May 8, 1942, Augustus enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. He was a sergeant serving with the 506th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy. On December 20, 1943, Augustus managed to get out of his plane when it sustained battle damage during a bomb run, but he did not survive the landing into the North Sea. He is remembered at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, Netherlands.
*Augustus's World War II draft card says he was born on July 6, but his birth certificate says July 7.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry