Charles Edgar Burtner
Military
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Object Number - UPL 29588 - 2nd Lt Charles E Burtner 364FS, 357FG, 8AF. Photo courtesy of: Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services, Mountain Home, AR. via...
Assigned to 364FS, 357F, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Demming Germany. Suffered mechanical failure in P-51D 'Mary-Ann' 44-13345 and landed in Sweden on 25-Aug-44. Interned (INT). MACR 7947.
Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Bronze star) and American Campaign, National Defense, OCC, UN and Korean medal.
Post war: Involved in Berlin airlift as part of army of occupation. Served in Korean war with USAF retired at rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
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-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Mary Ann
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lebanon, IN 46052, USA | 20 January 1924 | Son of Charles and Olive Campbell Burtner. |
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Other Crashed |
Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber DN19, UK | 17 May 1944 | Ground Loop Goxhill/Sta 345 Cat 3 damage Lt Charles E Burtner, 17-May-44. P-51B 43-12210 - 555FTS 496FTG 8AF |
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Based |
Leiston | 1 June 1944 - 25 August 1944 | Assigned to 364FS, 357F, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Leiston IP16, UK | 12 July 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Malmö, Sweden | 25 August 1944 | Landed Sweden, Interned (INT). |
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Other Mechanical failure |
Demmin, Germany | 25 August 1944 | Suffered mechanical failure in P-51D 'Mary-Ann' 44-13345 and landed in Sweden on 25-Aug-44. Interned (INT). MACR 7947. |
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Other Crashed |
Neubiberg, Germany | 28 August 1948 | Landing Accident Neubiberg AB, GER Cat 4 damage 1Lt Charles E Burtner, 28-Aug-48. F-47D 44-89744 - 527FS 86FG |
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Died |
Flippin, AR, USA | 27 November 2015 | |
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Buried |
Flippin, AR 72634, USA | 4 December 2015 | Flippin Cemetery Flippin Marion County Arkansas, USA |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7947 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
