Leo F Battista Jr
Military
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Object Number - UPL 13367 - Photo of Lt. Leo F Butiste, 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, Halesworth.
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. 52 x missions. Credited 3 x kill and 2 x damaged, 2 x destroyed [ground]. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM (8OLC), EAME, WWII Victory, American Campaign Medal.
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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
- Nicknames: Josephine My Flying Machine
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oil City, PA 16301, USA | 1 March 1923 | Son of Leo F Battista Sr. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 13 November 1942 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Based |
Boxted | 19 September 1944 | Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other E/A Damaged [2] |
Quakenbrück, Germany | 31 December 1944 | 1 x Fw190, 1 x Me109 damaged. Vicinity Quakenbrück. 31-Dec-44. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Quakenbrück, Germany | 31 December 1944 | 1 x Fw190 destroyed. Vicinity Quakenbrück. 31-Dec-44. |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 10 March 1945 | Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. |
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Died |
6 June 2003 | ||
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Buried |
10 June 2003 | Arlington National Cemetery | |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
| Oil City, PA 16301, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- 8th AF News, December 2000;
- Wife: Patricia J. Battista
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm
![A P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft named "Josephine my flying machine". The aircraft was piloted by Lieutenant Leo Butiste, of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. The man standing by the aircraft is Crew Chief (C/C) Charles Grimes. Handwritten on slide:"Leo Battista [also known as Leo Buttiste] LM X 421199 Charles Grimes C/C" Printed on slide:"007 1997 16"](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-388476.jpg.webp?itok=00TLWTQe)
