Carl Nathan Garrott
Military
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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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-660682
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20313252
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-432136
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33111291
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
2 November 1918 | Balcom, Union County, Illinois, the son of Lester D. and Maude Garrott | |
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Enlisted |
7 October 1941 | as an Aviation Cadet in the Air Corps, at Scott Field, Illinois | |
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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 | |||
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Other Initially buried |
in a cemetery in Lille, France (remains later repatriated to the United States) | ||
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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
NARA WWII Enlistment records
US Census 1930
WWII Draft cards for Illinois
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