Walter T Carter
Military
Object Number - UPL 30545 - Capt. Walter T "Nip" Carter, Prescott AZ, 503rd Fighter Squadron. P-51B 42-106863 D7-B "Mon Petite" named for his wife Marie. Capt Carter was flying...
Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep Liepzig hit by ground fire whilst strafing a Locomotive in P-51B 42-106863 A/C crashed at Klein Schkorlopp on 21-May-44. Wounded and captured, Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 4987.
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Hospitalised (POW) |
Leipzig, Germany | 21 May 1944 | Wounded in shoot down, hospitalised (POW). Leipzig. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. | |
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Enlisted |
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| Prescott, AZ, USA | |||
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Based |
Fowlmere | 21 May 1944 | Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4987 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
