Victor Everard Bast
Military
L-R: Pvt Paul Innis, Sgt Leon Hardy, Lt Bast, T/Sgt Harold Keller, S/Sgt Alvin J Van Dorn. Roger Freeman Collection
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Object Number - FRE 185 - 1st Lieutenant Victor E Bast of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, talks to ground crew beside a P-47 Thunderbolt with UN markings of the...
Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. 63 missions.
Credited 4 x kill, 11 x damaged.
EOW. Became the squadron’s post-war Assistant Operations Officer.
Awards: DFC, AM (7 OLC), WWII Victory, EAME, OCC.
Post war: Remained in the reserves following his discharge and after 24 years retired as a Lt Colonel. Returned to teaching post war for 41 years.
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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-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oconto County, WI, USA | 17 September 1922 | Son of William E and Ruth Agnes [Flick] Bast. |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI, USA | 9 November 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Based |
Boxted | 21 August 1944 | Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 2 December 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 22 March 1945 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Died |
Oconto Falls, WI 54154, USA | 23 December 2013 | |
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Other End of War (EOW) |
Europe | End of War (EOW). | |
| Lena, WI 54139, USA | |||
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Buried |
Saint Anthony Cemetery Oconto Falls Oconto County WI | Saint Anthony Cemetery Oconto Falls Oconto County Wisconsin, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm
