Herbert Phillip Causer
MilitaryAssigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) area support mission Shot down strafing marshalling yard 12-Aug-44 in P-47D 42-26271. Picked up and fought with the FFI (Marquis) for 30 days. Liberated towns, blowing bridges and harassing the enemy in general. Picked up and flown out in RAF Dakota in the middle of the night. Evaded. MACR 7613.
Awards: AM, PH, Croix de Guerre (palm), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
![Ground crew of the 356th Fighter Group congratulate the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Zombie" at Martlesham Heath air base. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ZOMBIE yellow, black outline. [illegible text] black white common practice of 361st FS.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377162.jpg.webp?itok=Cj8CR9kY)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wieymouth, Massachusetts | 11 April 1916 | |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 20 March 1942 | |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Paris, France | 12 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) area support mission Shot down strafing marshalling yard 12-Aug-44 in P-47D 42-26271. MACR 7613 |
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Other Evaded Returned (EVD:R) |
France | 12 August 1944 - 12 September 1944 | Picked up and fought with the FFI (Marquis) for 30 days. Liberated towns, blowing bridges and harassing the enemy in general. |
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Other Crashed |
1 mile NW Rantoul, IL 61866, USA | 2 August 1945 | Mid Air Collision 1 Mile NW Rantoul, IL Cat 3 damage Lt Herbert P Causer, 2-Aug-45. AT-6A 41-16827 3502BU |
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Other To Zone of Interior (ZOI) |
United States | Returned Stateside. | |
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Based |
Martlesham Heath | 12 August 1944 | Transferred to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Based |
Canada | Assigned to RCAF. |
Revisions
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http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Causer&Submit=Search
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7613 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self, MACR 7613