Cadman Vinton Padgett

Military

Object Number - UPL 18918 - Capt Cadman V Padgett 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Joined RAFVR, assigned 121S, transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF, Promoted to 1st Lt, designated Assistant Squadron Engineering Officer 20-1-43, Promoted to Captain 30-11-43.
Post War:
Operations Officer, Andrews AFB, Maryland
Flew in the Korean War
Appointed C/O, 52nd Airlift Squadron Rhein-Main AB, Germany 12-1954.
Other posts included:
Commander, Umnak AFB, Alaska
CO of Special Air Mission Squadron, Bolling AFB
C-124 assignments at Altus AFB, Oklahoma and Donaldson AFB, South Carolina
CO of C-124 Squadron at Dover AFB, Delaware
1963 Retired from the USAF as a Lieutenant Colonel.

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Units served with

Aircraft

41-6368

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Allentown Rd, Maryland, USA 12 September 1916 Born - 12 September 1916 Allentown, Maryland, USA.

Other

Transferred

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 24 September 1942 - 20 January 1944 Transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promoted

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 30 November 1943 Promoted to Captain

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

20 January 1944 Tour Expired.

Buried

11 July 1991

Died

Broward County, FL, USA 4 November 1991 Died - 4 November 1991 Broward Co, Florida, USA.

Other

Promoted

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Joined RAFVR

Canada Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Other

Assigned

Kirton, Lincolnshire, UK 24 September 1942 Assigned 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.
Bethesda, MD, USA Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Revisions

Date26 Feb 2016 17:33:32
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to unit associations and place associations
Sources

http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3612
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_p…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Padgett&GSiman=1&…;

Date29 Oct 2015 09:11:17
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography and events
Sources

http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3612
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_p…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Padgett&GSiman=1&…;

Date28 Oct 2015 23:03:25
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, nickname, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and media associations
Sources

http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3612
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_p…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:59
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html

Cadman Vinton Padgett: Gallery (4 items)

A large group of 4th Fighter Group pilots sitting on or standing in front of a P-47 Thunderbolt at Debden air base. The 4th Fighter Group flew P-47 Thunderbolts on missions between March 1943 and February 1944. Standing L to R: Selden Edner, Earl Carlow, Clemens Fiedler, Leon Blanding, Frank Bayles, Charles Anderson, Bernard McGrattan, James Happel, Paul Ellington and James W, Dye. On the wing of the aircraft L to R: Don Young, Kenneth G. Smith, Don Ross, ??, Cecil E. Manning, Robert Patterson, James H. B

Object number: FRE 52 - A large group of 4th Fighter Group pilots sitting...

Object number: UPL 18566 - Flying Officer Osbourne plays a tune on his...

Object number: UPL 18718 - Flying Officer J M Osborne shares his experience...

Object number: UPL 18918 - Capt Cadman V Padgett 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.