Warren served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-24H #42-64463, 759th Bomber Squadron, 459th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Oneida County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 25, 1941, prior to the war, in Syracuse, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Architect and also as Single, without dependents.
He was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant on April 12, 1944.
B-24H #42-64463 took off, with a crew of 10, from Giulia Field, Italy on a bombing mission over Budapest, Hungary.
While returning from a successful bombing mission they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire in the tail section which completely disabled the B-24 causing it to spiral to the ground and crashed in Yugoslavia. Three parachutes were seen leaving before the crash. Only one survived (see below).
Warren was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on April 26, 1950.
Service # O-683784
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-64463:
Brunn, Clarence ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, CA
Cohen, Hyman ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, MI
Demilio, Louis A ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, IL
Grygienc, Irwin A ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, IL
Keithly, Ray C ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, TX
Osborne, Gerald C ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, AR
Satterlee, Warren S ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Thilo, Carl F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA
Waterman, James M ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, VT
T/Sgt. Raymond E. Stocker (Engineer) was the only survivor of the crew and he became a POW and survived the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
Special thanks to: ShaneO
for submitting this record for bio updates!
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News Article - Oneida. May 8:
Missing since April 15 on a mission over Yugoslavia is Lt. Warren Sanford Satterlee, first pilot on a B-24 Liberator bomber, attached to the 15th Army Air Force in Italy, the War Department has notified his wife, Mrs. Iva Chesebro Satterlee, Lexington Ave., and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Satterlee, Kinsley St., Sherrill. His last letter, dated April 8, told of his having been recommended for promotion and was to receive the Air Medal. He arrived overseas about February 1, landing his plane first in Africa. Satterlee, a graduate of Sherrill High School, enlisted in September, 1941. He trained in the Army at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Denver, Colo., and Moultrie, Ga. Early in 1942 he was transferred to the Air Corps and trained at Houson, Vernon Texas, and at Enid, Okla. He was commissioned June 25, 1943 at Pampa, Texas. He married Iva Chesebro in September, 1943, while stationed at Tucson, Arizona. His mother is a surgical patient in City Hospital. ["Daily Sentinel" (Rome, NY), Monday Evening, May 8, 1944, Page Six, col. 2]
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He resided in Oneida County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 25, 1941, prior to the war, in Syracuse, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Architect and also as Single, without dependents.
He was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant on April 12, 1944.
B-24H #42-64463 took off, with a crew of 10, from Giulia Field, Italy on a bombing mission over Budapest, Hungary.
While returning from a successful bombing mission they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire in the tail section which completely disabled the B-24 causing it to spiral to the ground and crashed in Yugoslavia. Three parachutes were seen leaving before the crash. Only one survived (see below).
Warren was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on April 26, 1950.
Service # O-683784
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-64463:
Brunn, Clarence ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, CA
Cohen, Hyman ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, MI
Demilio, Louis A ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, IL
Grygienc, Irwin A ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, IL
Keithly, Ray C ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, TX
Osborne, Gerald C ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, AR
Satterlee, Warren S ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Thilo, Carl F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA
Waterman, James M ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, VT
T/Sgt. Raymond E. Stocker (Engineer) was the only survivor of the crew and he became a POW and survived the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
Special thanks to: ShaneO
for submitting this record for bio updates!
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News Article - Oneida. May 8:
Missing since April 15 on a mission over Yugoslavia is Lt. Warren Sanford Satterlee, first pilot on a B-24 Liberator bomber, attached to the 15th Army Air Force in Italy, the War Department has notified his wife, Mrs. Iva Chesebro Satterlee, Lexington Ave., and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Satterlee, Kinsley St., Sherrill. His last letter, dated April 8, told of his having been recommended for promotion and was to receive the Air Medal. He arrived overseas about February 1, landing his plane first in Africa. Satterlee, a graduate of Sherrill High School, enlisted in September, 1941. He trained in the Army at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Denver, Colo., and Moultrie, Ga. Early in 1942 he was transferred to the Air Corps and trained at Houson, Vernon Texas, and at Enid, Okla. He was commissioned June 25, 1943 at Pampa, Texas. He married Iva Chesebro in September, 1943, while stationed at Tucson, Arizona. His mother is a surgical patient in City Hospital. ["Daily Sentinel" (Rome, NY), Monday Evening, May 8, 1944, Page Six, col. 2]
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Warren served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-24H #42-64463, 759th Bomber Squadron, 459th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Oneida County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 25, 1941, prior to the war, in Syracuse, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Architect and also as Single, without dependents.
He was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant on April 12, 1944.
B-24H #42-64463 took off, with a crew of 10, from Giulia Field, Italy on a bombing mission over Budapest, Hungary.
While returning from a successful bombing mission they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire in the tail section which completely disabled the B-24 causing it to spiral to the ground and crashed in Yugoslavia. Three parachutes were seen leaving before the crash. Only one survived (see below).
Warren was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on April 26, 1950.
Service # O-683784
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-64463:
Brunn, Clarence ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, CA
Cohen, Hyman ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, MI
Demilio, Louis A ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, IL
Grygienc, Irwin A ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, IL
Keithly, Ray C ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, TX
Osborne, Gerald C ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, AR
Satterlee, Warren S ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Thilo, Carl F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA
Waterman, James M ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, VT
T/Sgt. Raymond E. Stocker (Engineer) was the only survivor of the crew and he became a POW and survived the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
Special thanks to: ShaneO
for submitting this record for bio updates!
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News Article - Oneida. May 8:
Missing since April 15 on a mission over Yugoslavia is Lt. Warren Sanford Satterlee, first pilot on a B-24 Liberator bomber, attached to the 15th Army Air Force in Italy, the War Department has notified his wife, Mrs. Iva Chesebro Satterlee, Lexington Ave., and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Satterlee, Kinsley St., Sherrill. His last letter, dated April 8, told of his having been recommended for promotion and was to receive the Air Medal. He arrived overseas about February 1, landing his plane first in Africa. Satterlee, a graduate of Sherrill High School, enlisted in September, 1941. He trained in the Army at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Denver, Colo., and Moultrie, Ga. Early in 1942 he was transferred to the Air Corps and trained at Houson, Vernon Texas, and at Enid, Okla. He was commissioned June 25, 1943 at Pampa, Texas. He married Iva Chesebro in September, 1943, while stationed at Tucson, Arizona. His mother is a surgical patient in City Hospital. ["Daily Sentinel" (Rome, NY), Monday Evening, May 8, 1944, Page Six, col. 2]
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He resided in Oneida County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 25, 1941, prior to the war, in Syracuse, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Architect and also as Single, without dependents.
He was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant on April 12, 1944.
B-24H #42-64463 took off, with a crew of 10, from Giulia Field, Italy on a bombing mission over Budapest, Hungary.
While returning from a successful bombing mission they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire in the tail section which completely disabled the B-24 causing it to spiral to the ground and crashed in Yugoslavia. Three parachutes were seen leaving before the crash. Only one survived (see below).
Warren was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on April 26, 1950.
Service # O-683784
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-64463:
Brunn, Clarence ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, CA
Cohen, Hyman ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, MI
Demilio, Louis A ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, IL
Grygienc, Irwin A ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, IL
Keithly, Ray C ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, TX
Osborne, Gerald C ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, AR
Satterlee, Warren S ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Thilo, Carl F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA
Waterman, James M ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, VT
T/Sgt. Raymond E. Stocker (Engineer) was the only survivor of the crew and he became a POW and survived the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
Special thanks to: ShaneO
for submitting this record for bio updates!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
News Article - Oneida. May 8:
Missing since April 15 on a mission over Yugoslavia is Lt. Warren Sanford Satterlee, first pilot on a B-24 Liberator bomber, attached to the 15th Army Air Force in Italy, the War Department has notified his wife, Mrs. Iva Chesebro Satterlee, Lexington Ave., and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Satterlee, Kinsley St., Sherrill. His last letter, dated April 8, told of his having been recommended for promotion and was to receive the Air Medal. He arrived overseas about February 1, landing his plane first in Africa. Satterlee, a graduate of Sherrill High School, enlisted in September, 1941. He trained in the Army at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Denver, Colo., and Moultrie, Ga. Early in 1942 he was transferred to the Air Corps and trained at Houson, Vernon Texas, and at Enid, Okla. He was commissioned June 25, 1943 at Pampa, Texas. He married Iva Chesebro in September, 1943, while stationed at Tucson, Arizona. His mother is a surgical patient in City Hospital. ["Daily Sentinel" (Rome, NY), Monday Evening, May 8, 1944, Page Six, col. 2]
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