Carl Olaf Bodding
MilitaryJoined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, abandoned Spitfire AD289 on fighter sweep nr Dunkerque 28-4-42 pilot P/O Carl G Bodding killed in action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kansas, USA | 25 November 1914 | Born - 25th Nov 1914 |
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Died |
Dunkirk, France | 28 April 1942 | Abandoned Spitfire AD289 on fighter sweep nr Dunkerque 28-4-42 pilot P/O Carl G Bodding killed in action. |
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Buried |
Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Cooper's Hill Ln, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey TW20 0LB, UK | Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Surrey, UK. | |
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Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. | |
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Other Service pilot training |
Tulsa, OK, USA | Service pilot training in US. | |
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Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
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Other Operational training |
Great Britain, United Kingdom | Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires. | |
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Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. |
Revisions
Eagles of the RAF: The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3510
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bodding&GSfn=Carl…;
Eagles of the RAF: The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3510
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia