Charles Vernon Carlson
Military
Added photo in uniform
Object Number - UPL 15492 - Charles Vernon Carlson - 1943
Shot down 20 October 1943 in #42-30372 'Shack Rabbit III', a B-17 on loan from the 413th Squadron. EVADED. Charles Carlson evaded capture and was helped by the Belgian evasion network "Comete". Too severely wounded, he was kept hidden in various places in Belgium, then in Northern France until liberation by Canadian troops on 2 September 1944. Charles Carlson was back in England on 7 September 1944. See his page at www.evasioncomete.be >>> Fiches.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13061919 and O-797521
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11066504
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35335090
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18075384 and O-747132
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32439050
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbit III
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
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Born |
16 November 1917 | ||
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Enlisted |
25 March 1942 | Enlisted as a Private in the Air Corps | |
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Other Evaded |
20 October 1943 - 2 September 1944 | Evaded capture - Liberated by a Canadian Armored unit on 2 september 1944. | |
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Died |
6 August 1997 | ||
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Buried |
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Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 1017
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1665
Research for website www.evasioncomete.org >>> Fiches.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1017 / MACR 1017/ Book: The Road Home by Anne Roberton; Snetterton Falcons, pg 59 & 76 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
