Robert Taylor Carter
Military ROLL OF HONOURVia findagrave contributor 'Carole Talk Zinnel'
Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by 20mm shells from Me109's on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17 42-30340 'Screamin Red Ass' crashed W of Magdeburg, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3079
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: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32003112 / O-748141
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dry Run, Screamin Red Ass
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Folsom, OK | 18 June 1919 | Son of Delia Sharp. NoK: Wife Arthurine E Carter. San Antonio, Texas, USA |
Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK | 10 June 1941 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Died |
8 March 1944 | ||
Buried |
Hillside Cemetery Purcell, McClain County, OK | Marker: Hillside Cemetery Purcell, McClain County, Oklahoma | |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Knettishall | 8 March 1944 | Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery | Headstone (Shared with Wife): Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82383915/robert-taylor-carter
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3079 / MACR 3079, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database