Earnest James Cutshall (1919 - 1992)

Born 16 Sep 1919 in Marshall, Madison, North Carolina, United States

Died 17 Dec 1992 at age 73 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Earnest Cutshall was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States).

Earnest Cutshall was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal (United States).

Earnest Cutshall was awarded the Air Medal.

Tech Sergeant Earnest Cutshall served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started: 18 Nov 1941
Unit(s): 772nd Squadron, 463rd Group, Fifteenth Air Force
Service ended: 5 Sep 1945

Tech Sergeant Earnest Cutshall was a Prisoner of War after his B-24 bomber was shot down on a mission to Wiener-Neustadt, Austria during World War II.

Earnest was born 16 September 1919 in Marshall, North Carolina. He was the son of Fred Cutshall and Eugene Freshour.^[1]

Earnest was a waist gunner on the B-24 Liberator bomber, Mister Five by Five - #41-24234-U, participating in Operation Tidal Wave the low-level attack on the Romanian oil refineries at Ploesti on 1 August 1943. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the mission.

Earnest was a waist gunner on the B-24 Liberator bomber 42-72788 that crashed when attacked by enemy fighters on a mission to Wiener-Neustadt, Austria on 1 October 1943. He was captured and became a Prisoner of War in Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria.^[2][3]

He married Myrtle Katherine Melton on 9 January 1959 in Buncombe County, North Carolina.^[4]

He passed away 17 December 1992 in Asheville, North Carolina.^[5][6]

Find A Grave: Memorial #147722054

• 1930 - Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States.^[7]
• 1940 - Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7698-VW3Z : 3 September 2021), Ernest James Cutshall, 16 Sep 1919; citing Birth, Marshall, Madison, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102380325.
2. ↑ "Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) of the U.S. Army Air Forces, 1942-1947" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/95/missing-air-crew-reports-wwii: accessed May 2, 2022) MACR #9022
3. ↑ United States, World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1945, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29D-M2YN : 18 February 2016), Earnest J Cutshall, 01 Oct 1943; citing Military Service, Germany, NARA NAID 1263907 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP92-8K2L : 9 March 2021), Ernest James Cutshall and Myrtle Catherine Melton, 9 Jan 1959; citing Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGND-DMH : 17 July 2017), Earnest James Cutshall, 17 Dec 1992; citing Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, v 54A cn 54017, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,992,092.
6. ↑ Earnest J. Cutshall, Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, North Carolina, 18 Dec 1992, Fri • Page 16
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39R-NJ4 : accessed 12 April 2022), Ernest Cutshall in household of Fred Cutshall, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 7B, line 91, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1675; FHL microfilm 2,341,409.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW9X-XTJ : 9 January 2021), Ernest Cutshall in household of Fred Cutshall, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-42A, sheet 10B, line 69, family 189, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2878.

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• CAROLINIANS HELD BY NAZIS, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, 27 Nov 1943, Sat • Page 13
• SGT. CUTSHALL IS WAR PRISIONER, MESSAGE SAYS, Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, North Carolina, 28 Nov 1943, Sun • Page 25
• MEDALS AWARDED W.N.C. MEMBERS OF AIR FORCES, Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, North Carolina, 30 Nov 1943, Tue • Page 9
• North Carolina War Casualties, The Herald-Sun, Durham, North Carolina, 16 Jun 1945, Sat • Page 11
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