Herbert M Bateman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission and crashed at Eisenach in B-24 'Frigid Bridget' #42-51342

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-51342

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Frigid Bridget
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

27 September 1944

Born

Big Lake, Texas, USA

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

Germany 27 September 1944

Revisions

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Added a "-" in the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography".

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Added a connection to 8th AF.

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Correctd a POW event to a KIA.

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Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124, 2AD Roll of Honor MACR 9392 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9392 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database