Charles H Garrette Jr
MilitaryClosed the base July 6, 1945 on transfer to Casablanca. To ATC. Assigned to Benghazi, Libya and to Cairo, Egypt after closing Benghazi air base November 1945. Was on 'Rubberneck' tour and over Cologne when end of hostilities was declared. September 1943 -- 8th AF HQ Bushy Park, Teddington -- 2nd Lt. Assistant. post engineer. June 6, 1944 -- 379th BG Kimbolton.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Military site
- Known as: Bushy Park; Kew Gardens; Teddington; Widewing
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lynchburg, Virginia | 6 July 1925 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self; 379th Bombardier Group Anthology, pg 167