Harold Isaac Carver
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
I was personally acquainted with Harold and got these photos from his daughter, Nita Joyce Carver Staresinich, Gainesville, Virginia
Object Number - UPL 33915 - 2LT Harold Carver, Richmond, Virginia 1943 at his first squadron assignment.
Assigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod mission to southern Germany last seen West of Ulm in P-51B 43-6527 'Indiana Clipper' with an Me109 on its tail 16-Mar-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3391.
Awards: DFC, AM, POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chrisney, IN | 13 April 1915 | Son of J D Carver. |
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Enlisted |
Indiana, USA | 24 May 1942 | Indiana |
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Based |
Steeple Morden | 27 April 1943 - 16 March 1944 | Assigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | 10 September 1943 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 16 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
Ulm, Germany | 16 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod mission to southern Germany last seen West of Ulm in P-51B 43-6527 'Indiana Clipper' with an Me109 on its tail 16-Mar-44. POW. MACR 3391. |
Revisions
Information provided by Harold’s daughter, Nita Joyce Carver Staresinich. The medals are also listed on his headstone.
1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory MACR 3391 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3391 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
