Raymond S Carter

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 435FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Langenselbold A/D hit whilst strafing aircraft, set on fire and crashed at Altenstadt in P-38J 44-23177. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8565.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 435th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Gaines County, TX, USA 12 January 1921

Enlisted

Houston, TX, USA 7 November 1941

Other

Promotion

Wattisham, Ipswich IP7 7JY, UK 24 August 1944 Promoted to Major.

Died

63505 Langenselbold, Germany 5 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Langenselbold A/D hit whilst strafing aircraft, set on fire and crashed at Altenstadt in P-38J 44-23177. KIA MACR 8565.

Buried

63674 Altenstadt, Germany 6 September 1944 Interred Altenstadt cemetery

Based

Wattisham 5 September 1944 Assigned to 435FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery
San Angelo, TX, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8565 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list