Marvin Hubert Castleberry
MilitaryFamily
Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF. Re-assigned to 2nd Scout Force, 8AF. Credited 1 x Me262 kill. Transferred 4th Fighter Group. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- 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: Sweet Stuff
- Unit: 2nd Scouting Force
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Baldwyn, MS, USA | 23 January 1920 | Son of Elmer Prentiss and Roxie Ann [Newell] Castleberry. |
Enlisted |
Jackson, MS, USA | 29 July 1942 | |
Based Transferred |
Steeple Morden | 31 October 1944 - 1 December 1944 | Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF. |
Based Reassigned |
Steeple Morden | 1 December 1944 - 3 July 1945 | Transferred to 2nd Scout Force, 8AF. |
Other Crash landed |
Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | 8 January 1945 | Crash landed RAF Steeple Morden, 8-Jan-45 in P-51 44-11341 'Sweet Stuff'. Pilot Lt M H Castleberry survived but aircraft was destroyed. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Brunswick, Germany | 31 March 1945 | Me262 destroyed SW Brunswick 31-Mar-45. |
Based |
Debden | 3 July 1945 - 25 July 1945 | Transferred 4FG, 8AF. |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 25 July 1945 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
Died |
Pearl River County, MS, USA | 15 March 2008 | |
Other Promotion |
Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Buried |
12397, Hwy 11 Srv Rd, Poplarville, MS 39470, United States | Poplarville Cemetery Poplarville Pearl River County, MS |
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1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia