Lloyd Dale Babin
MilitaryBailed out on 28 October 1944 during a mission to Munster. When the ball turret of B-17 43-37595 caught fire after the left wing was hit by flak.
The pilot reported that someone called for the fire extinguisher to put out the fire in the Ball Turret but radio communication and oxygen cut out shortly after. The pilot surmised this prompted Babin to bail out, feeling there was no point in staying with the aircraft.
Babin was taken Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft 4 until 7 February 1945.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Vergen's Virgins
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Wallace, ID 83873, USA | 18 May 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Spokane, WA, USA | 27 June 1942 | |
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Other Bailed Out |
Münster, Germany | 28 October 1944 | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Stalag Luft 4 | 28 October 1944 - 7 February 1945 | |
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Died |
Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA | 8 November 1999 |
Revisions
MACR 10287/ Prisoner of War Record/ Find a Grave
This entry previously incorrectly determined Babin to have been KIA 28/10/1944, the matching Service numbers in MACR and POW record prove this not to be the case.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 171.,
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