Benjamin Francis Hathaway

Military

Object Number - UPL 44475 - 1LT Benjamin F. Hathaway Bombardier Jammie Philpott Crew & Halcot Thomas Crew Receiving his DFC at Horham

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Jammie Mendal Philpott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-26027
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Cary L Savage

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Halcott Bratton Thomas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102450

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Paisano
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron

42-97992

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hap Hazard Trouble Buggy
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

43-38617

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: New York Express
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

44-8040

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

44-8144

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Belle

Missions

674

  • Date: 12 October 1944

685

  • Date: 22 October 1944

688

  • Date: 25 October 1944

691

  • Date: 28 October 1944

725

  • Date: 26 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bridgewater, MA 1921-01-28
Bridgewater, MA Pine Street

Died

Denton, TX 2005-11-17

Other

95th BG Combat Tour

Horham Airfield, UK 1944-10-12 - 1945-04-11 24 Combat Missions 13 - Philpott 9 - H. Thomas 2. C. Savage

Revisions

Date20 Jul 2020 15:14:48
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

Mission and photo evidence

Date20 Jul 2020 00:39:01
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/2821
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44016_12_0…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61843&h=659550…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:23
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php

Benjamin Francis Hathaway: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 44462 - Halcott B. Thomas Crew 95th BG - 335th BS Standing...

Object number: UPL 44475 - 1LT Benjamin F. Hathaway Bombardier Jammie...

Object number: UPL 44492 - Jammie Philpott Crew 95th BG - 336th BS This crew...