Allen Russon Bateman
MilitaryAssigned to 27PRS, 7PRG, 8AF USAAF. 50 x combat missions, ETD
Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Killed in air crash.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Alpine, Utah County, UT | 18 February 1917 | Son of William Allen and Sarah Eunice [Russon] Bateman. |
Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT | 3 April 1942 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Other Discharged USAAF |
4 May 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Promontary Point, UT | 5 March 1949 | Killed in air crash. A/C flew into hillside vicinity of Promontary Point, Utah. |
Buried |
Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Millcreek, Salt Lake County, UT | 9 March 1949 | Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah |
Based |
Mount Farm | Assigned to 27PRS, 7PRG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia