Carl E Battin

Military
The insignia of the 418th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. media-395044.jpg FRE 5101 The insignia of the 418th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5101 - The insignia of the 418th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group.

ORIGINAL CREW #29 418TH BS, 100th Bomb Group.

Shot down in B-17F 42-3237 LD-R, "STYMIE" on 10 October 1943.

MACR 1030

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Units served with

The wreckage of a B-24 Liberator (GO-K) of the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group that has crash landed. A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group is in the background.

100th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3237

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stymie
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

San Francisco, CA, USA 28 July 1942 Residence: San Francisco County, California Private, Branch Immaterial

Other

Assigned

11 March 1943 Assigned to the 384th BG on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, Roy J. Lee Crew. The Roy Lee Crew did not deploy with the 384th Bomb Group in May 1943. S/SGT Carl E. Battin was apparently transferred to the 418th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group in May 1943 and deployed with the 100th Bomb Group.

Other

Prisoner of War

10 October 1943

Born

Iowa, USA

Died

Burial: Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Mausoleum Colorado Springs El Paso County Colorado, USA Plot: VM C-3 A 002

Revisions

Date3 Jul 2015 00:47:09
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ChangesChanges to surname, service number, highest rank, role, awards, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

http://www.8thairforce.com/legacy_100thbomb.htm

Date3 Jul 2015 00:31:55
Contributorbombercommand
ChangesChanges to highest rank, biography, events, unit associations and media associations
Sources

http://www.8thairforce.com/legacy_100thbomb.htm
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=battin&GSfn=carl&…;
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4694

Date30 Jun 2015 18:36:46
Contributorbombercommand
ChangesChanges to surname
Sources

http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4694
Missing Air Crew Report 1030, http://www.fold3.com/image/28604773/

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:05
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

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