Hubert Noel Ballew
MilitaryEntered the service in 1941, trained with RCAF at Toronto, Montreal and Baggotville, Canada.
Transferred to USAAF March 1943. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Shot down on bomber escort mission to Romilly Sur Seine, when squadron bounced by Fw190's NE Paris, 6-Feb-44 Prisoner Of War (POW). MACR 2142.
Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Frost, TX | 17 January 1920 | Son of Charles Anderson and Mable Clair [Nash] Ballew. |
Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 2 September 1943 - 6 February 1944 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Shot down |
SE of Paris, France | 6 February 1944 | Shot down on bomber escort mission to Romilly Sur Seine, when squadron bounced by Fw190's NE Paris, POW. 6-Feb-44. MACR 2142. |
Other Prisoner Of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 6 February 1944 | Prisoner Of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
Philadelphia, PA, USA | 4 March 1968 | |
Buried |
Frost Cemetery Frost, Navarro County, TX | 7 March 1968 | Frost Cemetery Frost, Navarro County, Texas USA. |
Dallas, TX, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
-MACR 2142 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces