Robert Edward Babbitt

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-50067.jpeg UPL 50067 2nd Lt Robert E Babbitt, 486FS, 352FG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 50067 - 2nd Lt Robert E Babbitt, 486FS, 352FG

Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Neerpelt in P-47 42-22516. Shot down by Jhj Obfw Hans Grunberg in Bf 109G-5 of JG 3/5 at Goirle, Netherlands 30-Nov-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1444.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-22516

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bodney

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Trenton, NJ, USA 16 January 1942 Trenton, New Jersey

Based

Bodney 10 November 1942 - 30 November 1943 Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK 6 September 1943 Promoted 1st Lieutenant.

Died

3910 Neerpelt, Belgium 30 November 1943 Shot down in P-47 42-22516 by Jhj Obfw Hans Grunberg in Bf 109G-5 of JG 3/5 at Goirle, Netherlands 30-Nov-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1444.

Born

New Jersey, USA

Killed in Action (KIA)

Trenton, NJ, USA

Other

Primary

Carlstrom Field, (407) 812-6331, Arcadia, FL 34266, USA Primary Flight Training.

Other

Basic

Guntersville, AL, USA Basic Flight Training.

Other

Advanced

Napier Field, AL, USA 10 November 1942 Advanced Flight Training. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A Row 34 Grave 36

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/529856526/robert-e-babbitt-american-battle…
https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=84480
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56356934/robert-e-babbitt

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-22516&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28703263
http://www.8thafhs.com/get_mia_aircraft.php?acgroup_id=41&mission_date=…

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1444 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Object number: UPL 50067 - 2nd Lt Robert E Babbitt, 486FS, 352FG