BATEMAN William W - 65 FS 57 FG

William W. BATEMAN

BATEMAN_William_W

Source : Andy

NUMBER OF SERVICE

O-705525 (14157014)

AGE

21 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

28 février 1923 Danville, Danville City, VIRGINIA

ENLISTMENT STATE

Washington NORTH CAROLINA

FAMILY

Single

RANK

Second Lieutenant

FONCTION

Pilot

JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

01 avril 1943 San Antonio TEXAS

SQUADRON

65^th Fighter Squadron

GROUP

57^th Fighter Group

ARMY

12^nd US Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

18 August 1944

BATEMAN_William_W

Source : Andy

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Sainte-Tulle

DATA PLAN

P-47 Thunderbolt - type D-15-R - s/n 42-75739 #50

"Pudgy The Flying Hangove"

P 47N Thunderbolt

Macr : 8065

Mission: Air Cover

Alto-Folelli take-off, Haute-Corse (20) - Plaque at the crash site
Hit a HT line during strafing and crashed at 09:20

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

CEMETERY COMUNAL of Sainte Tulle

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of -- N°--

Story of Cemetery Temporary

Plot	Row	Grave
--	--	--

CEMETERY

RHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
C	6	12

DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilote

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

STORY

BATEMAN_William_W

Source : Andy

BATEMAN_William_W

Source : 57thfightergroup.org

The fate of “Pudgy” was tragic: after an attack against German military trucks, near the Durance river, in Province, August 18, 1944, his pilot, 2 Lt. William Bateman, strafing a power station, collided with a high tension line.

In the impact with the terrain the plane was destroyed and Bateman was killed.

The Bateman’s body was recovered by civilians French and buried on Sainte Tulle Cemetery.

BATEMAN_William_W

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BATEMAN_William_W

Source : Andy

At the initiative of the President of the French Remembrance of Manosque Mr Richard Sanchez, was inaugurated on Sunday, October 23, 2022 a stele in Sainte Tulle in tribute to the American Pilot of the US Air Force, the 2^nd Lieutenant William Bateman, who came to liberate France.		Source : Mitch Quiles
Source : Mitch Quiles		Source : Mitch Quiles
On August 18, 1944, coming from Corsica, after having strafed a German convoy in Durance, during the overflight of the power station of Ste Tulle, his Thunderbolt P47 crashed in the enclosure of the factory.		Source : Mitch Quiles
Source : Mitch Quiles		Source : Mitch Quiles
	He died in his device at the age of 21. Rip sir.

SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO	Mitch Quiles - Francecrashes39-45.net - Abmc.gov - Aad.archives.gov - Findagrave.com - 57thfightergroup.org
PROGRAMMER	Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud

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BATEMAN William W - 65 FS 57 FG

At the initiative of the President of the French Remembrance of Manosque Mr Richard Sanchez, was inaugurated on Sunday, October 23, 2022 a stele in Sainte Tulle in tribute to the American Pilot of the US Air Force, the 2nd Lieutenant William Bateman, who came to liberate France.

On August 18, 1944, coming from Corsica, after having strafed a German convoy in Durance, during the overflight of the power station of Ste Tulle, his Thunderbolt P47 crashed in the enclosure of the factory.

He died in his device at the age of 21.

Rip sir.

At the initiative of the President of the French Remembrance of Manosque Mr Richard Sanchez, was inaugurated on Sunday, October 23, 2022 a stele in Sainte Tulle in tribute to the American Pilot of the US Air Force, the 2^nd Lieutenant William Bateman, who came to liberate France.