67th Fighter Wing
Wing
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Jacob Tidings Carwile
Military
Assigned to 361FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF, October-1944-December 1944. Transferred HQ Sqn, 67FW 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
Units served with
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356th Fighter Group
Group
The 356th Fighter Group flew 413 missions between 15 October 1943 and 7 May 1945 and suffered the highest ratio of losses to enemy aircraft claims of any Eighth Air Force Group. This gave the Group the reputation of being the 'hard luck' outfit. The... -
361st Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
Headquarters
Aircraft
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42-25505 'Skeeter' 'Rosemary'
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 361FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF.
Associated Place
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Martlesham Heath
Military site : airfield
Opened in 1917 as home to the RFC Aeroplane Experimental Unit, Martlesham Heath became well known during the 1920s-30s as home to the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment. Used as an RAF fighter station from 1939, with only a grass airfield... -
Walcot Hall
Military site : non-airfield
Bought by the Dearden family in 1891, during the Second World War the Hall was used as an RAF operations room remote from conjoined RAF Wittering and RAF Collyweston. From December 1943 the 67th Fighter Wing took over, using the Hall as a command and... -
Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Louisville, Jefferson County, KY | 20 June 1922 |
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Son of Argus R and Victoria Carwile. |
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| Enlisted | Louisville, KY, USA | 17 September 1942 |
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Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Based | Martlesham Heath | 27 October 1944 – January 1945 |
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Assigned to 361FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | 821 Manston Rd, Ramsgate CT12, UK | 9 November 1944 |
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Taxiing Accident RAF Manston Cat 3 damage Lt Jacob T Carwile, 9-Nov-44. P-47D 42-25505 - 361FS 356FG 8AF |
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| Transferred | Walcot Hall, Lydbury North SY7 8AZ, UK | 31 December 1944 |
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Transferred HQ Sqn, 67FW 8AF USAAF. |
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| End Tour of Duty (ETD) | England, UK | January 1945 |
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Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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| Died | Wichita, KS | 12 April 2020 |
| Buried | 16 April 2020 | |
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Arlington National Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 June 2021 13:07:32 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, nickname, highest rank, biography, awards, events and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/650828165 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 November 2017 17:38:00 | Lucy May | Changes to biography |
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Brought in sources from duplicate record: Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster from ESCORT The 356th Fighter Group Over Europe 1943-1945 by Kent D. Miller |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 November 2017 18:13:52 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Carwile%2C+Jacob&... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 November 2017 18:11:18 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Carwile%2C+Jacob&... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:13:58 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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