Lyle G Karnath
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 8 Nov 1942, on first mission, B-17F #41-24570 "Panhandle Doggie" 91BG/323BS suffered severe damage on the mission to bomb the German airfield Abbeville/Drucat but plane returned with all crew and was salvaged. He was serving as Bombardier on that aircraft and he and the navigator were wounded.
Killed in Action 3 January 1943 in B-17F #42-5084 'Panhandle Doggie II' 91BG/323BS while serving as Bombardier. Aircraft received severe damage from flak over the target of St. Nazaire, France and crashed into the sea near Belle Ile-en-Mer, France. His remains have never been recovered.
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
3 January 1942 | Killed when aircraft sustained severe damage for flak over the target at St. Nazaire, France and crashed into the sea near Belle Ile-en-Mer France. His remains have never been recovered. | |
Other Commemorated |
Saint-James, France | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 2286 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Lee Cunningham 9-Jan-2015. Added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Added SN and KIA event per MACR 2286.; Made Unit, Place, Aircraft And Mission conntections within existing website data; crafted biography per "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 2286, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44, 60