Caleb J Layton
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
(L-R) Standing: Lt. William T Kemp; Capt. Carl J Carlson Jr.; Lt. Seymour J Beder; Lt. Leonard A Wood.
On Wing: Lt. Caleb J Layton (KIA 23 December 1944); Capt. Walter R Stevens; Lt. Robert G Adams (KIA 25 January 1945).
Object Number - UPL 23974 - D Flight of 375th Fighter Squadron with Billy Kemp’s P-51D 44-14270 E2-X. (L-R) Standing: Lt. William T Kemp; Capt. Carl J Carlson Jr.; Lt....
Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) area patrol to Trier-Bonn area in P-51D 'Suzy Anne-Mary June' 44-14064. Engaged and shot down 2 x Fw190's, was bounced and shot down by Me109, crashed at Adenau. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11461.
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
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Suzy Anne-Mary June
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
546 Jack Gibbs Blvd, Columbus, OH 43215, USA | 26 March 1942 | Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio |
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Died |
53518 Adenau, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) area patrol to Trier-Bonn area in P-51D 'Suzy Anne-Mary June' 44-14064. Engaged and shot down 2 x Fw190's, was bounced and shot down by Me109, crashed at Adenau. KIA. MACR 11461. |
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Other E/A Destroyed [2] |
53518 Adenau, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Destroyed 2 x Fw190's Adenau, Germany 23-Dec-44. |
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Buried Killed in Action (KIA) |
53518 Adenau, Germany | 24 December 1944 | Community cemetery Adenau Germany |
| Ohio, USA | |||
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bottisham | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Born |
Coshocton County, OH, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11461 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
