James Augustine Hatton
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Find a Grave memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56290523/james-augustine-hatton
Object Number - UPL 65899 - James A. Hatton, Ball Turret Gunner, 547th BS, 384th BG. Killed in Action/Missing in Action 8 May 1944
Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #4297081. Killed in Action (KIA)/Missing in Action (MIA). MACR # 4812
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39842787 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17115017
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13062756
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner; Bombardier; Togglier
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Boston, Massachusetts | 1 September 1922 | |
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Died Missing in Action (MIA) |
English Channel | 8 May 1944 | Damaged by flak, ditched in the English Channel. MACR # 4812 |
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Other Memorialized |
Cambridge, England | Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Tablets of the Missing |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4812; Paul D. Hatton, brother, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…