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

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
Places

- Site type: Airfield

- Site type: Airfield
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
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