Pate Ernest Given Jr
Military
Joseph L. Booth Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Charles Herbst (FE), Joseph Campbell (WG), George Corrar (BTG), Pate E. Given (R/O), Clarence W. Duvall (TG), Waddie W. Doolittle (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Joseph L. Booth (P), Ross Burke (CP), Peter B. Bishop (N), Cleo Beggs (B)
This crew flew 18 missions with the 466th BG before being transferred to the 389th BG for six missions, the 489th BG for three missions and then finishing up with the 492nd BG for the final three missions. 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 13615 - Crew #503 Joseph L. Booth Crew 466th BG - 785th BS Standing Left to Right: Charles Herbst (FE), Joseph Campbell (WG), George Corrar (BTG), Pate...
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Jamaica?
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Vicksburg, MS, USA | 4 September 1922 | |
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Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 22 March 1944 - 20 May 1944 | 18 combat missions |
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Other 389th BG Combat Tour |
Nuthampstead, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8, UK | 31 May 1944 - 28 June 1944 | 6 combat missions |
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Other 489th BG Combat Tour |
Halesworth, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK | 7 July 1944 - 17 July 1944 | 3 missions |
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Other 492nd BG Combat Tour |
North Pickenham, Swaffham, Norfolk PE37, UK | 21 July 1944 - 6 August 1944 | 3 missions |
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Died |
Youngtown, AZ, USA | 8 March 2013 | Pate Given Jr., 90, of Oak Creek, WI died March 8, 2013. Pate moved to Youngtown in 1987 after retirement and was a resident for 19 years prior to his move to WI. Pate was born in Vicksburg, Miss. and was a WWII Army Air Corp Veteran (R/O). He continued his working career in electronics and worked on projects for NASA and many other companies. Pate enjoyed painting and shared his skills by leading painting classes in Sun City. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Youngtown. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?pid=164073855#sthash.G4EBFoGu.dpuf |
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Other War Story |
Kalamazoo, MI, USA | "In 1975 I worked at National Waterlift in Kalamazoo, MI. There was a former German pilot there who came to the U.S. after the war. He and I talked about some things that happened during the war. He asked if I had a photo of my plane (Jamaica?), so I brought it in and showed it to him. His comment was "I had you in my gunsight and looked too long at the painting and forgot to shoot!" - Pate Given |
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Sources
389th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia