Clan Carruthers Promptus et Fidelis
1st Lieut. John Minot Carothers
WWII Pilot
Louisville Kentucky, United States
Parents: Franck March Carothers and Edna Isabel Minot
Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort Berlin engine failure crashed into North Sea in P-51 ‘Reddy Teddy’ 42-103325 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8309.
Awards: AM, PH.
SERVICE
Units served with
US Air Force Combat Units of World War II Description
Constituted as VIII Bomber Command on 19 Jan 1942, the command conducted the heavy bombardment operations. Redesignated Eighth AF on 22 Feb 1944. Afterward, engaged primarily in bombardment of strategic targets in Europe. Transferred, without personnel, equipment, and combat elements, to Okinawa on 16 Jul 1945. Although some personnel and combat units were assigned before V-J Day, the Eighth did not participate in combat against Japan. Transferred, without personnel and equipment, to the US on 7 Jun 1946. Re manned and re-equipped as part of Strategic Air Command.
Commanding Officers
Earle Partridge
MILITARY | GENERAL | COMMANDING GENERAL
Formerly command pilot. CG 3rd AD 21 June 1944 to May 1945. Retired 31 July 1959. DSCSSLMDFC w/ 2 Oak Leaf ClustersAM w/ 9 Oak Leaf Clusters
James Doolittle
MILITARY | LIEUTENANT GENERAL | COMMANDING GENERAL
Ascending through the ranks, in February 1942 he was eventually promoted to Major General in April 1943, and in September of that year took command of 8th Fighter Command in the European Theatre. There he supervised the vital role that the fighters played both as guardians of the 8th Air Force’s bombers and as ground-attack support for ground forces, not least in the crucial period around D-Day.
In August 1944, Kepner took command of the 8th Air Force’s 2nd Bomb Division. During the war he personally flew 24 combat missions in fighters and bombers and received various decorations from his own country and also from several allied nations.
US Strategic Air Forces
Eighth Air Force Headquarters became USSTAF in February 1944 and oversaw all Strategic Air Force activities in the European, African and Middle Eastern Theatre of Operations, particularly the operations of the Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces.
Aircraft
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42-103325
P-51 MUSTANG
Netherlands American Cemetery
CEMETERY
| Lived in | Louisville, KY, USA | 1941 |
| Based | Fowlmere | 4 August 1944 – 27 August 1944 |
| Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. | ||
| Died | Off Husum, Germany | 27 August 1944 |
| Failed to Return (FTR) escort Berlin engine failure crashed into North Sea in P-51 ‘Reddy Teddy’ 42-103325 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8309. | ||
| Buried | 1946 | |
| Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery |
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