Athel Augustus Pate
Military
Aerial Gunner
340th BG - 487th BS
KIS 27 February 1943
Object Number - UPL 54943 - SSGT Athel A. Pate Aerial Gunner 340th BG - 487th BS KIS 27 February 1943
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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
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Gilliam, Arkansas | 7 March 1908 | |
| Lakeview, Oregon | 16 October 1940 | Worked for Lakeview Logging Company | |
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Enlisted |
Presidio of Monterey, California | 12 March 1942 | |
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Died |
Atlantic Ocean off French Guiana | 22 February 1943 | They arrived at Kellogg, on February 3rd and accepted 14 B-25's. On February 12th or thereabouts they began taking off for Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida, for dispatch to Cairo, Egypt and service with the 9th Air Force. They began leaving Morrison Field for their destination on February 18. On that day, not long after take-off, Operations Officer Frances X. Tehan, leading a flight of six airplanes, was observed flying into a dangerous weather mass. He ordered the other pilots over the command set to avoid the area but apparently was unable to do so himself. He and his crew were reported missing and presumed lost. At Cayenne, French Guiana, on February 26th, authorities reported to Major Whittington that wreckage of a B-25 airplane believed to be that piloted by F/O Lester Long was found near Cayenne with one unidentified body. Permission to conduct a search was denied to Major Whittington. Little hope was held for the other occupants of the plane. Missing and also presumed lost were F/O Long's crew and a passenger: F/O Edwin Welcome, co-pilot; 1st Lt. Jo Davidson, navigator; S/Sgt. John Roth, aerial engineer; T/Sgt. George Cummings, radio operator; S/Sgt. Athel Pate, gunner; and T/Sgt. Carleton Budd, passenger. |
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Buried |
Battery Park, New York, New York | No Known Grave Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial East Coast Memorial NY United States |
