John F Carson Jr

Military
media-24042.jpeg UPL 24042 Captain John Paul Carson Jr. , January 1944; A/C #42-29863 (RQ-Y) "Kentucky Babe"

Military and Family Records

Object Number - UPL 24042 - Captain John Paul Carson Jr. , January 1944; A/C #42-29863 (RQ-Y) "Kentucky Babe"

Severely damaged by fighters on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 11 Feb 1944, B-17F #42-29863 'Kentucky Babe' crashed near Poix-de-Picardie, FR after being abandoned by the crew. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kentucky Babe aka Ain’t it Gruesome
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 11 February 1944 - 6 June 1945 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Updated S/N and POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the S/N and his middle initial and Added POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 2528 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorJPC11FEB1944
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Military and Family Records

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2528, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / http://351st.org/ken.harbour/f019.HTML#

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