Raymond George Carnahan
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 54921 - S/Sgt Raymond G. Carnahan
Assigned to 707BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed when 2 planes collided over base as they were coming in for landing after mission to Regensberg. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-825542
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Harleston
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Allegheny County, PA | 27 May 1921 | Son of Charles W and Margaret B [Stiveson] Carnahan. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 1 July 1943 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Died |
Green Lane, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9PS, UK | 11 April 1945 | Killed when 2 planes collided over base as they were coming in for landing after mission to Regenberg. Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
Mount Vernon Cemetery Elizabeth, Allegheny County, PA | Mount Vernon Cemetery Elizabeth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Section I, Lot 1841, Grave 1 | |
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Based |
Bungay | 11 April 1945 | Assigned to 707BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to the AF mission to Regensburg, GR on 11 Apr 1945.
Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" (Regensberg misspelled).
Contributorusxpat
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Correcting crew list; private document taken from website no longer available.
ContributorAAM
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446th BG/ history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
