Donald A Bath

Military

Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Lost in training flight accident 1 miles from Hill Farm, Tillingham 8-Mar-45. Pilot Lt Donald A Bath Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Upper Darby, PA, USA 28 May 1922

Other

Crashed

Allen C. Perkinson Blackstone Army Airfield (BKT), Dominy Corner Road, Blackstone, VA 23824, USA 16 June 1944 Landing Accident Blackstone AAB, VA Cat 3 damage Lt Donald A Bath, 16-Jun-44. P-47D 42-74727 - 131BU.

Based

Duxford 10 November 1944 - 7 March 1945 Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Killed in a Flying Accident (KIFA)

Tillingham, Southminster CM0, UK 8 March 1945 Lost in training flight accident 1 miles from Hill Farm, Tillingham 8-Mar-45. Pilot Lt Donald A Bath Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA).

Buried

8 March 1945 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery.
Drexel Hill, Upper Darby, PA, USA

Buried

Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington County Virginia, USA.

Enlisted

Delaware County, PA, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Duxford Diary / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list