Warren Belknap Corwin
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - FRE 3103 - Lieutenant Warren Corwin, of the 362nd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang at Leiston. Handwritten caption on...
Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Merseberg in P-51B 'Baby Mike' 43-12227, completed escort, released to strafe ground targets, whilst strafing train hit by Me262, wounded and heard to have elected to belly in near Termonde. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12399.
Awards: PH.
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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
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chester Hill, PA 16866, USA | 7 July 1922 | Son of Raymond W and Ruth Anetta [Belknap] Corwin. |
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Enlisted |
Camden, NJ, USA | 5 November 1942 | |
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Other Crashed |
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, 5000 Wildlife Dr NW, Townsend, GA 31331, USA | 8 March 1944 | Landing Accident Ground Loop Harris Neck AAF, Newport, GA Cat 3 damage Lt Warren B Corwin, 8-Mar-44. P-40N 43-24092 - 500FBS 85FBG 3AF |
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Died |
9200 Dendermonde, Belgium | 8 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Merseberg, strafing train hit by Me262, A/C damaged, wounded and elected to belly in near Termonde. KIA. MACR 12399. |
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Buried |
10 Church Ln, Scarsdale, NY 10583, USA | Memorialised Saint James the Less Episcopal Church Cemetery Scarsdale, Westchester County, NY | |
| Westchester County, NY, USA | |||
| Scarsdale, NY 10583, USA | |||
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Based |
Leiston | 8 November 1944 | Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12399, WWII Memorial, NARA / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
