Hubert Noel Ballew

Military
media-21322.jpeg UPL 21322 Cadet Hubert Noel Ballew, pictured in his cadets uniform having trained with RCAF, later transferred as 2nd Lt to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 21322 - Cadet Hubert Noel Ballew, pictured in his cadets uniform having trained with RCAF, later transferred as 2nd Lt to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Entered the service in 1941, trained with RCAF at Toronto, Montreal and Baggotville, Canada.

Transferred to USAAF March 1943. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Shot down on bomber escort mission to Romilly Sur Seine, when squadron bounced by Fw190's NE Paris, 6-Feb-44 Prisoner Of War (POW). MACR 2142.



Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Frost, TX 17 January 1920 Son of Charles Anderson and Mable Clair [Nash] Ballew.

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 2 September 1943 - 6 February 1944 Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Shot down

SE of Paris, France 6 February 1944 Shot down on bomber escort mission to Romilly Sur Seine, when squadron bounced by Fw190's NE Paris, POW. 6-Feb-44. MACR 2142.

Other

Prisoner Of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 6 February 1944 Prisoner Of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Philadelphia, PA, USA 4 March 1968

Buried

Frost Cemetery Frost, Navarro County, TX 7 March 1968 Frost Cemetery Frost, Navarro County, Texas USA.
Dallas, TX, USA

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
-MACR 2142 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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