Montro C. Askins (1921 - 1993)

Born 2 Feb 1921 in Maryland, United States

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Biography

Montro Askins is Notable.

Montro Askins served as a US military pilot during World War II. He was one of the “Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen.” The Tuskegee Airmen were known for heroic combat service in support of Allied Forces in the European Theater. They served with the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group, both largely Black units of the United States Army Air Forces.

Congressional Gold Medal, Tuskegee Airmen

2LT Montro Askins served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started:
Unit(s): 477th Bombardment Group
Service ended:

According to a short biography in Cambridge, he worked as a long-distance truck driver after the war.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Foley, A. M., Johnson-Mansfield, Gloria. Cambridge. United States: Arcadia, 2002. p. 97

See also:

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X34F-8KF : accessed 12 March 2021), Monteve Raskins in household of Chancey Raskins, Cambridge, Dorchester, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 15A, line 42, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 873; FHL microfilm 2,340,608.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7FW-3R5 : 8 January 2021), Montro Askins in household of Sarah Askins, Cambridge, Dorchester, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-13, sheet 20B, line 77, family 352, 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 1547.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2ZX-6MS : 8 January 2021), Montro Askins, 22 May 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 March 2021), memorial page for Montro C. Askins (2 Feb 1921–22 May 1993), Find A Grave: Memorial #31967213, citing Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Hurlock, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Corey & Douglas Marshall-Steele (contributor 47477063) .