Benjamin Alan Babitz

Military
media-37923.jpeg UPL 37923 1LT Benjamin Alan Babitz
Navigator
492nd BG & 467th BG
Later served as a navigation instructor at Keesler AAF, Mississippi, where this photo was taken

Object Number - UPL 37923 - 1LT Benjamin Alan Babitz Navigator 492nd BG & 467th BG Later served as a navigation instructor at Keesler AAF, Mississippi, where this photo was...

Transferred 467th BG

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 467th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-810948
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Oonie Doonie *
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bold Venture III
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Super Wolf
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Big Fat Mama
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron 93rd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron 328th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York 5 May 1924

Enlisted

New York, New York 5 November 1942

Other

492nd BG Combat Tour

North Pickenham Airfield, UK 11 May 1944 - 6 August 1944 28 Combat Missions

Other

467th BG Combat Tour

Rackheath Airfield, UK 14 August 1944 - 16 August 1944 3 Combat Missions

Died

Weston, Florida 14 August 2017

Buried

Lake Worth, Florida 18 August 2017 South Florida National Cemetery Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida, Plot SECTION A-45 ROW D SITE 1

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster supplied by Dave Arnett

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