VMI Archives Historical Rosters: Bernard Pitzer Carter Jr.

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Bernard Pitzer Carter Jr.

Roster ID 11852
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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.

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