Carter Woodruff Harp
MilitaryJoined 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
- Site type: Memorial
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Columbus, GA, USA | 24 November 1908 | Son of Euchee Woodruff and Rosa Lee Harp, of Columbus, Georgia, USA. |
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Other Joined RCAF |
Ottawa, ON, Canada | 8 October 1940 | Joined Royal Canadian Air Force. |
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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. |
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Other E/A Damaged |
Calais, France | 19 May 1941 | Damaged Bf109. |
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Other Service pilot training |
Centralia, ON N0M, Canada | 6 June 1941 | Service pilot training, No 1 SFTS. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Fécamp, France | 19 May 1942 | 2 x Fw190 Destroyed 10 m NW Fécamp. |
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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). |
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Buried |
Pas-de-Calais, France | Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calias, France. | |
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Other Assigned |
31 July 1942 | Assigned to 133 [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=3563
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_harp_c_w.php
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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…
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia