John Merril Carter

Military
Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)' media-378760.jpg FRE 584 Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. The pilot was Lt John Merrill Carter. The aircraft made a "ground loop" at Watton, UK on 19 April 1945.

Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)' Roger Freeman Collection

Roger Freeman Photo.

Object Number - FRE 584 - Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. The pilot was Lt John Merrill...

Assigned to 447BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 missions in B-17's as Co-pilot. 2nd tour as pilot of weather reconnaissance mission Mosquito's, assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance
The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

NS590

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)'

NS748

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Etna, ME 24 October 1920 Son of John Elmer and Lena [Sylvester] Carter.

Other

Married

Maine 19 June 1947 Married Joyce Ramsay on 19-Jun-47.

Died

Piper Shores, ME 7 October 2018

Buried

Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, ME 11 October 2018 Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine

Based

Rattlesden Assigned to 447BG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Watton Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Returned ZI

Returned to USA on Queen Mary, learning bridge, a lifelong passion.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193917813/john-merrill-carter

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945

John Merril Carter: Gallery (2 items)

Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)'

Object number: FRE 584 - Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto...

Object number: UPL 6974 - Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam on...