Carl Lloyd Liles Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURCally Boatwright, 452nd BGA
Killed in Action (KIA) 3 September 1944 in AC #42-38119. Crashed off Channel Islands Missing Air Crew Report #8609. Hit by Flak over Guernsey Island, #2 engine flames, Lost altitude, #2 engine fell, #3 prop feathered. Ditched with no explosion. No bodies recovered.
DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/Purple Heart
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-759292
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Floyd County, TX, USA | 24 July 1920 | |
Other Assigned |
Deopham Green, Norfolk, England | 21 December 1943 - 1 April 1944 | •Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group Headquarters Complement, per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #172 dated 21 December 1943. Transferred to the 6th Combat Crew Replacement Center on 1 April 1944. 9 combat missions with the 384th Bomb Group. |
Died Killed in action |
3 September 1944 | Assigned HQ Deopham Green, Norfolk. 452nd BG, 731 BS. Ditched off Channel Islands, MIA. MACR 8609. Crew KIA. | |
Other |
France | Wall of Missing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Saint James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France |
Revisions
Information from duplicate files https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/21906
and
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/21952 was consolidated with this file on 29 July 1944.
BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE 1942 (Command and Staff) by Russell Strong
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2325
ABMC, MACR 8609 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia