Raymond S Carter
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 435th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
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 |
Revisions
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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