Philip Stanley Cardin
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 4-Mar-43 in B-17 41-24549 'Stupen Takit', 91BG/323BS while serving as Left Waist Gunner. The aircraft sustained a direct hit from AA fire just after leaving the target of the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany. Cpt McCarty ordered a bale out, but only two crewmen managed to parachute from the aircrft before it exploded. The aircraft crashed at Buldern, Germany. Losses states that Cardin and CP Hill could not be identified and both were buried at JBNC in April 1950.
Awards: PH.
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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: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-436089
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stupen Takit
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
6 April 1905 | ||
Buried |
After the war his remains were recovered but could not be positively identified and were repatriated with those of CP 1LT James T. Hill for Group Burial at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
4 March 1943 | Killed when aircraft took a direct hit from AA fire and exploded. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Correcting typo in Burial event description.
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Confirmed SN and added KIA event per MACR 15596. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data. Added A/C model letter, unit association, crew position, loss details and A/C crash location to Summary Biogrpahy based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces:, Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15596 / MACR 15596 , Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, pp. 87-88, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourne by Havelaar p. 238, The 91st Bomb Group by Burdick p. 111, NARA web site link from National WWII web site . / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database