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Claude Albert Batty
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
731 BOMB SQ 3 BOMB GP
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Date of Death
December 2, 1950
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Captain Batty was the pilot of a B-26C with the 731st Bomber Squadron, attached to the 3rd Bomber Group based at Iwakuni, Japan. On December 2, 1950, while on a night intruder mission contact was lost after a communication check as the aircraft was entering the target area near Seoul, South Korea. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on January 31, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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