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| USAAF 5th AF 475th FG 433rd FS  Hagan October 17, 1943 |
Pilot 2nd Lt. Dale L. Badgett, O-742929 (MIA / KIA) Grady County, OK MIA February 8, 1944 MACR 3681 Aircraft History Built by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation (LAC) in Burbank. Constructors Number 1263. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as P-38H-5-LO Lightning 42-66752. Disassembled and shipped overseas to the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) and reassembled. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 475th Fighter Group (475th FG) "Satan's Angels", 433rd Fighter Squadron (433rd FS) "Possum". Assigned to pilot Captain Daniel T. Roberts. Nose number 197. No known nickname or nose art. Painted on the left side of the nose was "Captain D. T. Roberts" with a scoreboard of Japanese flags indicating his aerial victory claims. Operated from North Borio Airfield (Dobodura No. 15). When lost, engines V-1710-89 and V-1710-91 serial numbers 42-939927 and 42-29820. Mission History On February 8, 1944 at 9:45am took off from North Borio Airfield (Dobodura No. 15) piloted by 2nd Lt. Dale L. Badgett on a test flight to test the fuel consumption of this aircraft at 25,000' over the Dobodura to Buna area. Over the radio to fellow pilots Austin Neely and Jack Fisk, at 10:45 he reported his altitude was 18,000' and that his cockpit was full of smoke and that he was going down and he planned to bail out at 15,000'. This P-38 was not observed to crash. Memorials Badgett was officially declared dead on April 8, 1944. As the flight was deemed non-combat he did not earn the Purple Heart, posthumously. Badgett is memorialized at Manila American Cemetery on the tablets of the missing. He also has a memorial marker at Rose Hill Cemetery in Chickasha, OK in block 4. References Note, some sources list the date of this loss as February 8, 1943 [sic 1944]. NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - Dale L. Badgett USAF Serial Number Search Results - P-38H-5-LO Lightning 42-66752 " 66752 (475th FG, 433rd FS) MIA Feb 8, 1943. MACR 3681" Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 3681 can not be found at present PNG Museum Aircraft Status Card - P-38H Lightning 42-66749 American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) Dale L. Badgett FindAGrave - 2Lt Dale Lee Badgett (tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - 2LT Dale Lee Badgett (memorial marker photo) War In Pacific Skies (2003) pages 100-101 (painting) Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated
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