Samuel Keith Batson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-23790.jpeg UPL 23790 2nd Lt Samuel K Batson 63FS, 56FG, 8AF stands in front of P-47D 44-19752, note the patched up bullet holes.

Object Number - UPL 23790 - 2nd Lt Samuel K Batson 63FS, 56FG, 8AF stands in front of P-47D 44-19752, note the patched up bullet holes.

Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Fatal Crash due to Engine Failure in P-47D #42-26413 S/E of Boxted/Sta 150. 30-Dec-44. Died non Battle (DNB). 

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Aircraft

A P-47 Thunderbolt (UN-Z, serial number 42-26413) of the 56th Fighter Group, flown by Colonel Hubert Zemke, strafes a marshalling yard near Paris, 16 July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-26413, UN-Z. 16/7/44. Taken with oblique camera fixed in cockpit of Zemke a/c. A photo taken from a K-25 camera that hung on the armour plate of the Group Leader's P-47. Shows the strafing of a small marshalling yard S.E. of Paris on 16 July 1944. Two locomotives plus a number of R.R. cars set on fire by strafin
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Happy Warrior / Oregon's Britannia
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

7 October 1922 Son of Henry Brigham and Therese [McCray] Batson.

Enlisted

18 February 1943 Buckley Field Denver Colorado USA.

Based

7 October 1944 - 30 December 1944 Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

30 December 1944 Fatal Crash due to Engine Failure in P-47D 42-26413 S/E of Boxted/Sta 150. Died non Battle (DNB).

Born

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

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

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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