Richard D Bartlett
Military
Object Number - UPL 23734 - 1st Lt Richard D Bartlett 343rd Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-14140 CY-O "Wings of the Morning".
Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with a shared destroyed. End Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: Wings of the Morning
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Houston, TX, USA | 29 May 1942 | |
|
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | ||
|
Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
|
Born |
Texas, USA | Son of Richard P and Prowlna D Bartlett. | |
| Houston, TX, USA | |||
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Based |
Wormingford | Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
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
