Charles Young Mead
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 20925 - 2nd Lt Charles Y Mead 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. On a local flight when he was forced to bail out one mile northeast of Bartlow; chute streamed. Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lewisboro, NY | 20 October 1922 | Son of David Irving and Elizabeth [Young] Mead. |
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Enlisted |
6 May 1942 | New Haven Connecticut Enlistment Date 6 May 1942 | |
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Based Assigned |
Debden | 2 September 1944 - 6 November 1944 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Killed in Flying accident |
Bartlow, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB21, UK | 7 November 1944 | On a local flight when he was forced to bail out one mile northeast of Bartlow; chute streamed. KIFA. |
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Buried |
8 November 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot D Row 4 Grave 25 | |
| Westchester County, NY, USA | |||
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Buried |
Mead Cemetery Waccabuc, Westchester County, NY | Memorialised Mead Cemetery Waccabuc, Westchester County, New York |
Revisions
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Combt Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
