Joseph Arthur Caron

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Joseph Caron was Radio Operator on board B-24D Serial 42-63784 shot down 6 June 1944 by Flak over Belgium on Carpetbagger mission "OSRIC 81 DZ". He died of wounds on 6 June 1944 in the Luftwaffe Hospital in Saint-Gilles, Brussels.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 13091630
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 38060592
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner/Dispatcher

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Died

6 June 1944 died of wounds on 6 June 1944 in the Luftwaffe Hospital in Saint-Gilles, Brussels.

Born

Pascoag, Rhode Island

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MACR 5393

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Combat Chronology , http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia