James L Carberry
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 30 December 1942 in B-17F 42-2975 while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Aircraft crashed into the sea near the Ile d'Ouesannt, France. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Ushant, France | 30 December 1942 | Killed when the aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the sea near the Ile d'Ouessant, France. He is believed to have baled out of the stricken aircraft over the sea and was drowned. Hir remains have never been recovered. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2014. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15079; edited biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added Commemoration event details; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing information in this database.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Heys Vol. 1 p 56, MACR 15079