
Historical Rosters Database
Bernard Pitzer Carter Jr.
Roster ID 11852This is a summary. Contact the Archives for additional biographical information.
First Name: | Bernard |
Middle Name: | Pitzer |
Last Name: | Carter |
Suffix: | Jr. |
Affiliation: | Class of 1939 |
Biography & Genealogy: | Matriculated on September 9, 1935 from Richmond, VA. Graduated on June 14, 1939. Military Record: Lieutenant U.S. Air Corps. Died in World War II. 2Lt. Bernard P. Carter Jr., U.S Army Air Force. Killed on June 23, 1942, in a crash of an airplane at the divebombing exhibition at Lake Valencia, Caracas, Venezuela, when a Venezualan cadet froze at the controls. Carter was in Venezuela as a combined diplomat and instructor to the Venezuelan Air Force in the use of American planes. |
