Allen Russon Bateman

Military

Assigned to 27PRS, 7PRG, 8AF USAAF. 50 x combat missions, ETD





Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.



Post war: Killed in air crash.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Alpine, Utah County, UT 18 February 1917 Son of William Allen and Sarah Eunice [Russon] Bateman.

Enlisted

Salt Lake City, UT 3 April 1942 Salt Lake City, Utah

Other

Discharged USAAF

4 May 1946 Honourable discharge.

Died

Promontary Point, UT 5 March 1949 Killed in air crash. A/C flew into hillside vicinity of Promontary Point, Utah.

Buried

Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Millcreek, Salt Lake County, UT 9 March 1949 Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah

Based

Mount Farm Assigned to 27PRS, 7PRG, 8AF USAAF.