Benjamin Alan Babitz
Military
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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
Navigator
492nd BG & 467th BG
Later served as a navigation instructor at Keesler AAF, Mississippi, where this photo was taken
Transferred 467th BG
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
- Site type: Airfield
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 |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster supplied by Dave Arnett