Carl Causey
Military | Technical Sergeant | 55th Fighter Group
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Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Coulommiers on 10 Apr 44 in P-38 'Texas Ranger' #42-67825. MACR 3620.
Awards:
20 Nov 1943 - Air Medal
6 Dec 1943 - Oakleaf Cluster [to AM]
20 Dec 1943 - Oakleaf Cluster [to AM]
27 Dec 1943 - Oakleaf Cluster [to AM]
20 Jan 1944 - Distinguished Flying Cross
Military | Technical Sergeant | 55th Fighter Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 55th Fighter Group
Kenneth H Underwood served as a fighter pilot with the 55th Fighter Group.
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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 55th Fighter Group were the first P-38 Lightning Group to go fully operational from England. The pilots flew long-range escort missions for bombers flying over occupied Europe and racked up 'kills' of their own by destroying enemy aircraft in...
P-38 Lightning
Shot down, flak hit, crashed near Coulommiers on 10 Apr 44. MACR 3620.
P-38 Lightning
10 April 1944
Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43, Nuthampstead was the nearest Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base to London. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied from September 1943 to April 1944 by the 55th...
Military site : airfield
Wormingford was a Royal Flying Corps/RAF anti-Zeppelin aircraft Landing Ground First World War, rebuilt for the Eighth Air Force 1942-43. It was a Ninth Air Force base from 1943-44, and home to the 362nd Fighter Group. Switching back to the Eighth Air...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | De Leon, TX 76444, USA | 17 November 1914 |
E/A Destroyed | Spiekeroog, Germany | 11 March 1943 |
Bf109 Destroyed Isle Spiekeroog. 11-3-43. |
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E/A Probable | Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 11 March 1943 |
Fw190 Probable Wilhelmshaven. 11-3-43. |
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E/A Destroyed | La Bassée, France | 25 November 1943 |
Fw190 Destroyed La Bassee, France. |
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Promoted | Wormingford, Colchester, Essex CO6, UK | 1944 |
Promoted Lt Colonel. |
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E/A Damaged | Dümmer, Germany | 11 January 1944 |
Me210 Damaged Dummer Lake, Germany. 11-1-44. |
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Promoted | Wormingford, Colchester, Essex CO6, UK | 28 March 1944 |
Promoted Colonel. |
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Shot down Flak | Coulommiers, France | 10 April 1944 |
Crashed near Coulommiers on 10 Apr 44 in P-38 'Texas Ranger' #42-67825 POW. |
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Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 10 April 1944 – May 1945 |
Prisoner of War. POW #101579. |
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Post WWII | September 1945 – 1962 | |
Served in both Korean and Vietnam wars. |
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C/O 50th TFW | 1 September 1959 – 15 July 1962 | |
Commanded 50th Tactical Fighter Wing. |
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Buried | San Antonio, TX, USA | 1988 |
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio |
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Died | 9 April 1998 | |
Lived in | Levelland, TX 79336, USA |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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28 December 2015 21:32:35 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, person associations and media associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
28 December 2015 20:33:34 | Al_Skiff | Changes to highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:13:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 3620 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |