Quentin Charlton
Military ROLL OF HONOURNational Archives
Killed in Action (KIA) on 22-Sep-43 as Pilot of P-47C 41-6411 [HL:N] while on a fighter sweep operation of the Calaise/Egmond area. The aircraft ran out of fuel, 2LT Charlton baled out into the sea. Air-Sea Rescue was unable to find him and he was lost in the sea.
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Muscle Bound
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
14 March 1921 | Son of Alfred and Irene Charlton. | |
Enlisted |
8 January 1942 | ||
Based |
19 August 1943 - 22 September 1943 | Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
22 September 1943 | He baled out of the aircraft over the sea when it ran out of fuel. Air-Sea Rescue (ASR) was not able to locate him and he was lost in the sea. His remains have never been recovered. | |
Other Commemorated |
Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery. | ||
Buried |
Memorialised Arlington National Cemetery |
Revisions
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Charlton&Submit=Sear…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529899654-quentin-charlton
https://www.fold3.com/page/83379976-quentin-charlton/facts
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288513/quentin-charlton
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22475245/quentin-charlton
Lee Cunningham 27-Jun-2015. Added Decorations and Commorated event per American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place, corrected Aircraft ID, and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event and Summary Biography data per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces:, Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and MACR 672.
ABMC MACR 672, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 288 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 672 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list