Highbaugh, Earl Burton, 2nd Lt

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Second Lieutenant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1944-1944, AAF MOS 1055, 332nd Fighter Group

Service Years
1943 - 1944

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Indiana

Year of Birth
1922

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Casualty Info

Home Town Indianapolis, Indiana	Last Address Ramitelli Airfield, Foggia, Italy

Casualty Date Dec 02, 1944
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Italy	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Crown Hill Cemetery - Indianapolis, Indiana	Wall/Plot Coordinates Sec: 9, Lot: 2007

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1944, Tuskegee Airmen - Assoc. Page
	2014, World War II Fallen

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1943-1944, AAF MOS 1055, 302nd Fighter Squadron
	1944-1944, AAF MOS 1055, 332nd Fighter Group

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Anzio Campaign (1944)
	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Northern France Campaign (1944)
	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1943-1943, PT-17 Kaydet
	1943-1944, BT-13 Valiant
	1944-1944, AT-6 Texan
	1944-1944, P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk
	1944-1944, P-51/F-51 Mustang

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

During a routine transition flight onto the P-51 Mustang, 2Lt Highbaugh and Flt Off Ramsey were killed in a mid-air collision near Ramitelli.

Comments/Citation:

Source:
Book: "332nd Fighter Group - Tuskegee Airmen", By Chris Bucholtz and Jim Laurier, Osprey Publishing, 2007.