James D Batson

Military

Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3554. Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War

9 October 1943 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Born

Other

Bailed out

9 October 1943

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 746

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Associated unit details given at http://www.airmen.dk

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Biography and event details given at http://www.airmen.dk

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 746 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database