Carl Edward Breathwit
Military
Object Number - UPL 27365 - Capt Carl E Breathwit and ground crew 38th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-14970 "Claudia".
Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 55FG OTU, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x kill. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF rising to Lt Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Claudia
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New Orleans, LA, USA | 9 May 1915 | |
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Enlisted |
Camp Beauregard, Pineville, LA 71360, USA | 18 May 1942 | Camp Beauregard Louisiana |
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Based |
Wormingford | 29 September 1944 - 2 March 1945 | Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
St Vith, Belgium | 24 December 1944 | Me-109 destroyed (air) W/St. Vith 24-Dec-44. |
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Other Transferred |
Wormingford, UK | 2 March 1945 | Transferred to 55FG OTU, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, UK | 8 March 1945 | Promoted to 1st Captain. |
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Other Crashed |
Kadena Air Base, 沖縄県 Japan | 3 November 1948 | Landing Accident Naha AFB, Okinawa Cat 3 damage Capt Carl M Breathwit, 3-Nov-48. F-80B 45-8565 - 16FS 51FG. |
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Died |
Texas, USA | 14 March 1977 | |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
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Buried |
San Antonio, TX, USA | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Harry Wurzbach Road San Antonio, TX |
Revisions
http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/Pilots/38th%20Pilots/Breathwit%20Carl%…
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=breathwit&Submit=Sea…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=breathwit&Submit…
https://www.fold3.com/page/84827832_carl_e%20breathwit/details/
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=404926
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / WWW.55th.org roster
