Carlus Turner
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Added photo
Object Number - UPL 20440 - Official USAAF photo. 2nd Lt Carlus Turner, Redbud, Kentucky - Air Medal award ceremony in Cairo, Egypt – photo sent on 3 March 1943 by Lt. Tom...
Carlus Turner enlisted in the Air Corps a few days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was sent to various bases and was stationed at the Midland Army Flying School - Class 42-7 in June 1942, training as a Bombardier. He was credited for the sinking of a German submarine off Yucatan, Gulf of Mexico on 21 June 1942 and received a letter of commendation. Sent overseas he flew on operational missions as a member of the 93rd Bomb Group / 409th Bomb Squadron. He was the Bombardier on B-24 41-24025 'Satan's Chariot' on the 31 March 1943 mission to Rotterdam. The plane was last seen heading for England and was lost in the North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Still listed as Missing In Action (MIA)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35259633
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16019012 and O-442942
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14057097
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11044159
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16023523
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satan's Chariot
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 31 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Ft Thomas, Newport, Kentucky, United States | 10 December 1941 | in the Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet |
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Other Missing In Action (MIA) |
North Sea | 31 March 1943 | On board B-24 41-24025 when it was lost in the North Sea |
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Born |
Kentucky, United States | the son of Luther (died 1935) and Leona Turner | |
| Redbud, Kentucky, United States | |||
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Other Memorialized |
Cambridge American Cemetery And Memorial, Coton, Cambridge, United Kingdom | Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
Further research on Carlus Turner
NARA WWII Enlistment records (found the correct entry)
ABMC website
US 1940 Census
“Schenectady Gazette”, 31 July 1942
Corrected first name : Carlus instead of Carlos
NARA WWII Enlistment records)
ABMC website
US 1940 Census
ABMC, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 94, Ted's Travelling Circus by Carroll (Cal) Stewart, p. 89 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
