David Kieth Baumeister
Military
Object Number - UPL 46331 - CPT David K. Baumeister Fighter Pilot 365th FG - 388th FS - 9th AF
On DS (detached service) for operational training. Flew four missions with the 335th Fighter Squadron.
Awards: DFC, AM (13OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Screamin' Weemie". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYER WEARS "DEVIL'S HELMET" Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck, 27, commander of a Ninth US Air Force fighter group, waves for contact after donning his "devil's helmet" for a mission against the Nazis. The flyer calls his plane "Screaming' Weemie". Keys](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456675.jpg.webp?itok=5tRnsRWh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: The Shawnee Kid
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 388th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Hell's Belle
- Unit: 405th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 509th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 366th Fighter Squadron
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Freeport, IL 61032, USA | 9 June 1921 | Son of G F Baumeister. |
| Shawano, WI 54166, USA | 16 February 1942 | 201 N. Franklin Street | |
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Other Aerial Victory |
in the vicinity of Flers, France | 18 July 1944 | 1 - Bf 109 |
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Died |
Dayton, OH, USA | 27 February 1949 | Baumeister died in the crash of F-51H (P-51H) 44-64700 three miles east of Dayton, OH |
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Buried |
Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Dane County, WI | 2 March 1949 | Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA Plot Sec 35 Tier H Gr 11 |
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Other Assigned to the 365th FG |
Dover Army Airfield, Delaware |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
"Thunderbolts of The Hell Hawks" - Barnes, Crump & Sutherland
page 29
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