Lanville O McCarty

Military

Joined Sqd 3-Aug-42. WIA 25-Nov-43 (St Nazaire). On 3 January 1943 in B-24D 41-23806 'Bat Out of Hell' while serving as Waist Gunner the aircraft crashed south-west of Haverfordwest returning from target U/B yards (submarine) at St. Nazaire, France. Fuel shortage caused the crash. Hospitalized and transferred to St. Athan. Pilot Erwin was killed. Completed tour: 25-Nov-43.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

41-23806

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Bat Out Of Hell
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Dreenhill

  • Site type: Aircraft crash site
  • Known as: Haverfordwest

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Barboursville, West Virginia

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; all other changes per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE;

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 61, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy p. 39, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams p.27