George Andrew Compton
Military
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Object Number - UPL 48337 - 1st Lt George Andrew Compton, 56FG.
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to VIII fighter command.
August 31, 1943, landed with low gas in tanks in Essex. Returned to service.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Trenton NJ | 24 September 1919 | Son of George and Marion Elizabeth [Bloor] Compton. |
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Other Crashed |
London Southend Airport (SEN), Southend-on-Sea SS2 6YF, UK | 31 August 1943 | Ground Loop RAF Southend Cat 3 damage 1Lt George A Compton, 31-Aug-43. P-47C 41-6367 - 63FS 56FG 8AF |
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Died |
Morristown, NJ | 4 March 1971 | |
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Based Transferred |
Transferred to VIII Fighter Command. | ||
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Based |
Boxted | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Ewing Cemetery Ewing, Mercer County, NJ | Ewing Cemetery Ewing, Mercer County, New Jersey |
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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- AccidentReports.com;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 259 ;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
ContributorAl_Skiff
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