Louis Dante Babini

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-52422.jpeg UPL 52422 Cpl Louis D Babini, 448BG.

Object Number - UPL 52422 - Cpl Louis D Babini, 448BG.

Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. FTR ? in B-24 42-50459 with Buxton crew 16-Aug-44; hit by flak and crashed at Gerwisch Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8426



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-705311
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Plymouth, MA 3 July 1925 Son of Adele Babini.

Enlisted

Boston, MA 9 September 1943 Boston, Massachusetts

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 16 August 1944 - 16 August 1944

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO 7 February 1951 Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri

Based

Seething 16 August 1944 Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8426 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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