Carl Nathan Garrott

Military
media-26683.jpeg UPL 26683 Carl N. Garrott, 93rd Bomb Group

Corrected last name : Garrott instead of Garrett !

Object Number - UPL 26683 - Carl N. Garrott, 93rd Bomb Group

Carl Garrott was Navigator on 'Big Eagle'/'Bathtub Bessie' B-24-1-CO 41-23678, attacked by fighters on assigned target Lille I/A, France on 9 October 1942. The Liberator received direct hits to engine no. 4 and the bomb bay area before crashing near Lille, France. Killed in Action (KIA). 5 other crew members were killed, 1 managed to evade and 3 were made Prisoners of War (POWs). No Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) for this loss.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14063517
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16034372 at enlistment, then O-442744
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32174174
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16038095
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35125371
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Big Eagle / Bathtub Bessie
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

2 November 1918 Balcom, Union County, Illinois, the son of Lester D. and Maude Garrott

Enlisted

7 October 1941 as an Aviation Cadet in the Air Corps, at Scott Field, Illinois

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

9 October 1942 in the loss of B-24 41-23678 on a mission to Lille, France
Anna, Union County, Illinois

Other

Initially buried

in a cemetery in Lille, France (remains later repatriated to the United States)

Buried

in a collective grave at the Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska, together with 3 other airmen killed on the same mission on B-17 41-24510 of 306th BG/367th BS. They are Joseph N. Gates, Bruce C. Nicholson and Truman C. Wilder Jr.

Revisions

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Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
US Census 1930
WWII Draft cards for Illinois

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p.37

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