Civil Air Patrol: Charles Compton, World War II Subchaser, Dead at 103
June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news:
Col. Charles Compton, the World War II subchaser who flew missions out of CAP's first coastal patrol base, died June 16 in Evanston, Illinois. He would have turned 104 on June 19.
Compton flew as an observer at Coastal Patrol Base No. 1 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, until the base closed at the end of August 1943. When CAP's volunteer service during World War II was recognize . . .
Col. Charles Compton, the World War II subchaser who flew missions out of CAP's first coastal patrol base, died June 16 in Evanston, Illinois. He would have turned 104 on June 19.
Compton flew as an observer at Coastal Patrol Base No. 1 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, until the base closed at the end of August 1943. When CAP's volunteer service during World War II was recognize . . .