John Irwin Bahten

Military
media-44438.jpeg UPL 44438 1st Lt John Irwin Bahten 547BS, 384BG

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Object Number - UPL 44438 - 1st Lt John Irwin Bahten 547BS, 384BG

Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Mario Joseph Biancalana

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39123252
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane parked on grass. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are on the ground.

Herbert Julian Cohn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39168075 / O-716363
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Robert Duane Eager

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36874529
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Franklyn H Higbie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37567995
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball turret gunner
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Lloyd Joseph Jarreau

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38267462
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-38013

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bakersfield, CA 13 December 1918 Son of Edwin Godfrey and Olif Ruth [Kalh] Bahten.

Enlisted

Sacramento, CA 24 March 1941 Sacramento, California

Died

16 June 1990

Based

Grafton Underwood Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/630921740
https://www.fold3.com/record/76262001-john-i-bahten
https://www.fold3.com/record/90735045-john-i-bahten
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=163
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28425187/oakdale_leader/

Date
ContributorHotelie1970
Changes
Sources

General Order 322 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Major General Williams, dated 11 September 1944.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

John Irwin Bahten: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 44438 - 1st Lt John Irwin Bahten 547BS, 384BG

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Object number: UPL 69597 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 31 July 1944/ Munich...