Charles H Garrette Jr

Military

Closed 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

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

  • Site type: Military site
  • Known as: Bushy Park; Kew Gardens; Teddington; Widewing

Events

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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