Jack G W Batty

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-31532.jpeg UPL 31532 Col. Elliott Vandevanter, Jr., third from left, commander of an 8th Air force Flying Fortress group, is shown with the officers who flew with him in the first invasion day bombing attack on French coastal positions. Col. Vandevanter, 26, led a fortress combat wing.

L-R: 1st Lt Roddy L Berry, 2nd Lt Joseph L Jones , Colonel Elliott Vandevanter Jr, 1st Lt Jack G W Batty.

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Object Number - UPL 31532 - Col. Elliott Vandevanter, Jr., third from left, commander of an 8th Air force Flying Fortress group, is shown with the officers who flew with him in...

Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Senske in B-17 44-8143

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-8143

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

San Francisco, California, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 6 October 1944

Born

Battle Creek, MI, USA

Revisions

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Correction to middle initials from http://www.385thbga.com/database/

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Correction to middle initials from http://www.385thbga.com/database/

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
MACR 9516

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 9516 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 31532 - Col. Elliott Vandevanter, Jr., third from left...