Glider and Glider Power Pilots Roll of Honor

Frederick Arthur LETHBRIDGE

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MOS 1026 Glider Pilot
45 TCS (T3) /316 TCG
12 TCS /60 TCG
Killed in the line of duty
Date or Year of Birth: Oct 13, 1915 Date of Death: Feb 12, 1944
Last Known Hometown:
Phillipsdale, RI
TRAINING
Graduation date: Nov 29, 1942 Stuttgart Army Airfield
Stuttgart, AR
class No.: 42 21 Graduation Rank:
Flight Officer
T60430
TIMELINE
DateRecordSquadronSource
DateRecordSquadronSource
1941-04-14enlisted at Providence, RI ASN = 31042081NANARA
1942-11-29graduation Rank:Flight Officer, Base: Stuttgart Army Airfield, Location: Stuttgart,ARNASee Training
1942-12-20One of the S.S. Mariposa Gang and one of the first 110 glider pilots to deploy in WWII. Original member of the 316th Troop Carrier Group that boarded the S.S. Mariposa on December 20, 1942 at Newport News, VA. The ship sailed the next day and after 44 days docked at Port Said, Egypt. The advanced element of the group Air Echelon was there to meet them.45/316Warren G Pickett papers, HQ, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Memo, Jamuary 6, 1944, USAF/HRA
1943-03-21Assigned to: 12 / 60
12/60special Orders No, 45 HQ 60th TCG, 22 March 1943
AWARDS
MISSIONS


DOCUMENTS:

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ADDITONAL INFORMATION
North Africa - Tunisia
Flight Officer Fred Lethbridge was killed just before the invasion of Sicily in a training accident.


Frederick Arthur LETHBRIDGE

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