Claude George Godard Jr
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Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF, transferred to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF, transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: AM, 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fairhope, AL | 30 March 1920 | Son of Claude George Sr and Florida L [Dellings] Godard. |
Enlisted |
Brookley Field, Mobile, AL | 3 February 1942 | Brookley Field, Mobile, Alabama |
Died |
Fairhope, AL | 27 December 1995 | |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
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Other Transferred |
Raydon, UK | Transferred to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Colony Cemetery Fairhope, Baldwin County, AL | Colony Cemetery Fairhope, Baldwin County, Alabama | |
Based |
Duxford | Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Other Transferred |
Atcham, UK | Transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28598450
https://www.fold3.com/image/604945737
https://www.fold3.com/record/51808315/claude-g-godard-social-security-d…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84019189/claude-g-godard-jr-wwii-army-enli…
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30315582/claude-g.-godard
Additional source: Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p132
Damick had middle initial as 'G' but have changed to 'C' based on source listed above and:
http://www.armyairforces.com/P47-416363-pilot-m157110.aspx