Dayton Celia Casto Jr

Military
media-30946.jpeg UPL 30946 Capt Dayton Celia Casto points to the noseart on his P-47D fighter, 'West "By God" Virginia' 375FS, 361FG, 8AF, Jan-1944.

Object Number - UPL 30946 - Capt Dayton Celia Casto points to the noseart on his P-47D fighter, 'West "By God" Virginia' 375FS, 361FG, 8AF, Jan-1944.

Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Re-assigned to HQ Sqn 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rock Castle, WV 25245, USA 21 May 1917 Son of Dayton C. Sr and Lucretia E. [Barnett] Casto.

Enlisted

546 Jack Gibbs Blvd, Columbus, OH 43215, USA 2 June 1941 Columbus, Ohio

Based

Bottisham 1 June 1943 - 20 June 1944 Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK 15 November 1943 Promoted to Major.

Other

Re-assigned

Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK 20 June 1944 Re-assigned to HQ Sqn 361FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Great Cacapon, WV 25422, USA 11 May 1995 Huntington Cabell County WV

Buried

Woodmere Memorial Park Huntington Cabell County WV 15 May 1995 Woodmere Memorial Park Huntington Cabell County West Virginia

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Huntington, WV, USA

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the name of the mother in the Description for the Born event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 210255588.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Description" for the Born event.

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ContributorAAM
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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