Carter Woodruff Harp

Military

Joined RCAF, 1 SFTS, assigned to 133S, weather test in Channel with P/O Brown, Viz nil and P/O Brown lost 16-3-41, Damaged Bf109 19-5-41, escorting Bostons to Abbeville, on Rodeo, jumped by Fw190's on return and shot down. Killed in Action (KIA) 31-7-42.

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Units served with

Aircraft

BL982

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Columbus, GA, USA 24 November 1908 Son of Euchee Woodruff and Rosa Lee Harp, of Columbus, Georgia, USA.

Other

Joined RCAF

Ottawa, ON, Canada 8 October 1940 Joined Royal Canadian Air Force.

Other

Weather check

St George's Channel 16 March 1941 Weather test in Channel with P/O Brown, Visibility nil and P/O Brown lost.

Other

E/A Damaged

Calais, France 19 May 1941 Damaged Bf109.

Other

Service pilot training

Centralia, ON N0M, Canada 6 June 1941 Service pilot training, No 1 SFTS.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Fécamp, France 19 May 1942 2 x Fw190 Destroyed 10 m NW Fécamp.

Died

English Channel 31 July 1942 Escorting Bostons to Abbeville, on Rodeo, jumped by Fw190's on return and shot down. Killed in Action (KIA).

Buried/ Commemorated

Pas-de-Calais, France Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calias, France.

Other

Assigned

31 July 1942 Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3563
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_harp_c_w.php
http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=Carter&GSmn=&GSln=Ha…

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3563
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_harp_c_w.php
http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=Carter&GSmn=&GSln=Ha…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia