Westmoreland Babbage
Military
Bombardier/Navigator
416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF
KIA 21 March 1945
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Object Number - UPL 48174 - 2LT Westmoreland Babbage Bombardier/Navigator 416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF KIA 21 March 1945
Enlisted in California, and killed in action on 21 March 1945
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Margraten American Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Boston, MA | 14 April 1922 | |
| La Canada, California | 30 June 1942 | 317 San Juan Way | |
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Enlisted |
Santa Ana, California | 6 March 1943 | |
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Died |
4 miles NW of Neerpelt, Belgium | 21 March 1945 | KIA when his A-26C #43-22523 collided with another aircraft. |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Plot Plot C Row 14 Grave 12 |
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