Norman Frank Bettin
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 24211 - 1st Lt Norman P Bettin 383FS, 364FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) photo recon mission to Holland, shot down in P-51D 44-13958 3Km from Otterlo, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA). 7-Oct-44. No MACR.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 384th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Millwaukee, WI | 16 May 1920 | Son of William R and Anita R [Fritzke] Bettin. |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI, USA | 19 May 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Other Crashed |
Oxnard, CA, USA | 15 November 1943 | Landing Accident due to Stall or Spin Oxnard Flight Strip, Oxnard, CA Cat 4 damage 2Lt Norman F Bettin, 15-Nov-43. RP-38E 41-1995 - 383FS 364FG |
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Other Promotion |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | 4 April 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
6731 Otterlo, Netherlands | 7 October 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) photo recon mission to Holland, shot down 3Km from Otterlo, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA). No MACR. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot C Row 19 Grave 30 | |
| Montello, WI 53949, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Combat Chronology ;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
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