Channing N Satterfield

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in action on Ploesti raid, on 1-Aug-43, while TDY with 9th AF in B-24 'Scrappy II' 42-40375. MACR 1646



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260) nicknamed "Lili Marlene" of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group flies in formation with two comrades. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 H & B-24 J OF 44th B.G. 66th Sqdn'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19067132 / O-728030
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Scrappy II
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Camp Shelby, MS 10 December 1941 Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Died

Killed in action

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Killed in action on Ploesti raid, on 1-Aug-43, while TDY with 9th AF in B-24 'Scrappy II' 42-40375. MACR 1646

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO 3 August 1950 Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri

Born

Detroit, Michigan