Charles L Burman
Military
Wings Museum
Object Number - UPL 66306
Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached service with 5ERS, 8AF. Returned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). Assigned to 40FS, 35FG, 5AF. 52 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission off Kyushu, Japan in P-51D 44-63335 fatally hit by ground fire and crashed into water. Killed in Action (KIA). 14-Aug-45. MACR 15701.
Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Baltimore, MD, USA | 13 September 1920 | Son of Edgar H and Eda Burman. |
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Based |
Duxford | 6 April 1944 - 27 December 1944 | Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Detached Service (DS) |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 7 May 1944 | Detached Service (DS) 5ERS, 8AF. |
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Other Promotion |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QR, UK | 10 September 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 27 December 1944 | |
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Died |
Off NW Coast of Kyushu, Japan | 14 August 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission off Kyushu, Japan fatally hit by ground fire and crashed into water. Killed in Action (KIA). 14-Aug-45. MACR 15701. |
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Other Based |
Okinawa Island, Kanna, Ginoza, Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture 904-1304, Japan | 14 August 1945 | Assigned to 40FS, 35FG, 5AF. |
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Buried |
Honolulu, HI, USA | National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu Honolulu County Hawaii, USA |
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