Aden S Batson

Military

Shot down by 3 FW190's on a mission to Hesepe, GR on 21 Feb 1944 in B-24H 42-7768 and crashed near Horstel, GR. POW. On 7 June 1944, Batson went on a mission to the Antwerp area to get photographs and the pilots elected to go in at tree-top le



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.

448th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-7768

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 21 February 1944 Shot down by 3 FW190's on a mission to Hesepe, GR on 21 Feb 1944 in B-24H 42-7768 and crashed near Horstel, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).

Born

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 2469, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Data Update, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, 15 September 2014

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 2469 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database