Bates, William David, FltOff

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Flight Officer

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1944-1945, AAF MOS 1055, 4th Fighter Group

Service Years
1942 - 1945

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Personal Details

Home State

Alabama

Year of Birth
1918

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Casualty Info

Home Town Elkmont/Cullman, Alabama	Last Address RAF Debden (USAAF 156), Essex, England
Casualty Date Feb 06, 1945
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location English Channel	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Antioch Cemetery - Elkmont, Alabama

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	2015, World War II Fallen

1944-1945, AAF MOS 1055, 334th Fighter Squadron - Fighting Eagles

From Month/Year November / 1944	To Month/Year - / 1945
Unit 334th Fighter Squadron - Fighting Eagles Unit Page
Rank Flight Officer	AFSC/MOS AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter
Base, Station or City RAF Debden (USAAF 156), Essex, England	State/Country United Kingdom

Patch	334th Fighter Squadron - Fighting Eagles Details

	Type Fighter
	Parent Unit Fighter Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Aug 14, 2020

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11 Members Also There at Same Time

334th Fighter Squadron - Fighting Eagles

France, Victor James, Capt, (1942-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Captain
Hively, Howard Davis, Maj, (1942-1950)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Captain
Lang, Joseph Leo, Capt, (1941-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Captain
Megura, Nicholas, Lt Col, (1941-1945)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Captain
Pisanos, Steve Nicolas, Col, (1942-1973)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	First Lieutenant
Cox, William Anson, FltOff, (1942-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Flight Officer
Brown, Gerald, Col, (1941-1967)	A23	AAF MOS 1065	Major
Hively, Howard Davis, Maj, (1942-1950)	A23	AAF MOS 1065	Major
Sobanski, Winslow Michael, Maj, (1942-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1065	Major
Beeson, Duane Willard, Lt Col, (1942-1947)	A23	AAF MOS 1065	Captain
Biel, Hipolitus Thomas, 1st Lt, (1942-1944)			First Lieutenant
Hofer, Ralph Kidd, 1st Lt, (1943-1944)			First Lieutenant