Vincent Richard Castle

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-14178.jpeg UPL 14178 Nose artwork (by S/Sgt Don Allen) on Lt. Vincent R. "Bud" Castle's P-47 Thunderbolt.

Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.

Object Number - UPL 14178 - Nose artwork (by S/Sgt Don Allen) on Lt. Vincent R. "Bud" Castle's P-47 Thunderbolt.

Killed when P47 42-7881 stalled during landing at Debden. Plane nose art had 3 Gremlins and is pictured in Losses on p. 155

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Units served with

Aircraft

41-6407

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron

42-7881

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Scott County, IL, USA 16 August 1916 Son of Leroy Oakes and Gladys [Berry] Castle.

Based

Debden 19 February 1943 - 19 June 1943 Transferred from RAF to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF.

Died

Debden, Loughton IG10 3SW, UK 19 June 1943 Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA) (DNB). Crashed just off the base while returning from a local flight. Witnesses noted he was “flying low and climbing. He reached the top of a sharp bank across the road from the E-W runway when his plane dived straight for the ground and went up in flames".

Buried

20 June 1943 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Bluffs, IL 62621, USA

Buried

Bluffs, IL 62621, USA Re-Interred Fairview Cemetery Bluffs Scott County, IL

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/310763392?terms=Vincent%20R%20Castle
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Castle&Submit=Search
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/334_c…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Castle%2C+Vincen…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7714032/vincent-richard-castle

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Contributorapollo11
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Sources

Personal research & 'Eighty-One Aces of the 4th Fighter Group' by Frank Speer.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

AccidentReports.com, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey p. 155, NARA / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Vincent Richard Castle: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 14178 - Nose artwork (by S/Sgt Don Allen) on Lt. Vincent R...

Object number: UPL 14224 - P-47D Thunderbolt #42-7881 of 2nd Lt. Vincent "Bud...

Object number: UPL 14225 - 'Gremlin' on rear fuselage of 2nd Lt. "Bud" Castle...