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Capt Jack Gillem Wilbur Batty

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Capt Jack Gillem Wilbur Batty

Birth
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Death
6 Oct 1944 (aged 33)
Senzke, Landkreis Havelland, Brandenburg, Germany
Burial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
Plot D, Row 5, Grave 49
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Jack Gillem Wilbur Batty, Son of Howard Wilson and Della Carrie Thompson, husband of Genevieve Veronica "Jean" Bazar of Sumpter, South Carolina USA.. Jack was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17G 44-8143 385th Bomb Group crashed near Senzke Brandenburg Germany...

They were reportedly ambushed from above and behind by somewhere from 25-70 enemy planes, while en route to their targeted destination. Plane was shot down by one of these German Fighters
Crew:
Pilot: Capt Jack Gillem Wilbur Batty USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Ardennes
Co-Pilot: Capt Edwin Ross Herron USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Ardennes
NAV: 1LT Joseph L. Jones USAAF POW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia
BOMB: 1LT Robert M. McGhee POW
ENG/TT: T/SGT Michael A. Galicia USAAF KIA Golden Gate National Cemetery California, USA
RO T/SGT: Louis Paul DiNicola USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Ardennes
WG S/SGT: Ellwood C. Maxam USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Ardennes
WG S/SGT: Casper R. D. Fields USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
TG: 2LT Edgar Evan Griffith USAAF KIA Lloyd Cemetery Pennsylvania, USA
MO: 1LT William G. Daniels USAAF KIA Christ Church Cemetery South Carolina, USA
Jack Gillem Wilbur Batty, Son of Howard Wilson and Della Carrie Thompson, husband of Genevieve Veronica "Jean" Bazar of Sumpter, South Carolina USA.. Jack was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17G 44-8143 385th Bomb Group crashed near Senzke Brandenburg Germany...

They were reportedly ambushed from above and behind by somewhere from 25-70 enemy planes, while en route to their targeted destination. Plane was shot down by one of these German Fighters
Crew:
Pilot: Capt Jack Gillem Wilbur Batty USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Ardennes
Co-Pilot: Capt Edwin Ross Herron USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Ardennes
NAV: 1LT Joseph L. Jones USAAF POW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia
BOMB: 1LT Robert M. McGhee POW
ENG/TT: T/SGT Michael A. Galicia USAAF KIA Golden Gate National Cemetery California, USA
RO T/SGT: Louis Paul DiNicola USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Ardennes
WG S/SGT: Ellwood C. Maxam USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Ardennes
WG S/SGT: Casper R. D. Fields USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
TG: 2LT Edgar Evan Griffith USAAF KIA Lloyd Cemetery Pennsylvania, USA
MO: 1LT William G. Daniels USAAF KIA Christ Church Cemetery South Carolina, USA

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Entered the service from Michigan.

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