Charles W Getz III
Military
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Object Number - UPL 29915 - Lt. Charles W "Bill" Getz III with his P-51 44-14371 WR[over-scored]-Z "Saucy Shirley" of 2nd Scouting Force.
On 6 May 1995 Lt. Col. Getz was awarded the DFC for a special mission he had flown some 50 years earlier. He was at that time flying a P-51 with the 2nd Air Division, having previously flown a 31 mission tour with the 491st BG.
He retired from the Air Force in 1962 after twenty years' service and had later held senior positions in industry and civil government.
After the war he did Research & Development on the H-bomb and missiles.
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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: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Memorial
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Moved extra info in the "Role/job" field to the "Summary Biography".
Removed connection to 355th Fighter Group as he served with 2nd Scouting Force, which was merely administered by 355th FG.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history & Page 274 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co, 1998 edition