Charles W Bante Jr
Military
Timothy Motz, from 447bg.com
Object Number - UPL 55276 - Craig crew; 709th Squadron, 447th Bomb Group. Photo taken at Rattlesden air base, undated. Order of men in the photo unknown; crew consisted of: Lt....
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Revisions
OLC to the Air Medal General Orders NO. 53 - Oak Leaf Cluster is awarded, for wear with the Air Medal previously awarded to this Enlisted Man -Charles W. Bante, Jr. , Staff Sergeant, 709th Bombardment Squadron (H), 447th Bombardment Group (H).
Air Medal - General Orders No. 576. Citation: For meritorious achievement while participating in heavy bombardment missions in the air offensive against the enemy over Continental Europe.
Army Regulation 600-45, 23 September 1943, and pursuant to authority contained in letter 200.6, Headquarters Eighth Air Force, dated 4August 1944, Subject: Awards and Decorations- By command of Major General Partridge
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945
