Merle E Carey
Military
LEFT TO RIGHT:
T/Sgt. Mexico J. Barraza, Radio Operator; 1st Lt. William L. Wood, Co-Pilot; S/Sgt. Melvin Schissler, kneeling, Ball Turret; 1st Lt. Manuel Fisher, Navigator; S/Sgt. John Koroly, Waist Gunner; 1st Lt. Kenneth T. McFarland, Pilot; S/Sgt. Merle E. Carey, Engineer-Top Turret; S/Sgt. W. M. Donmoyer, Waist Gunner; 1st Lt. Cecil Williams, Bombardier; S/Sgt. Lawrence C. Morel, Tail Gunner.
Object Number - UPL 50776 - 1st Lt. McFarland's Crew, 323rd Bs, 91st BG, 42-37761 "Blue Dreams". Nose art painted by Tony Starcer. LEFT TO RIGHT: T/Sgt. Mexico J. Barraza,...
Carey flew 25 missions as a Flight Engineer with the 323rd Sdqn, 91st BG, one of which was the first daylight raid over Berlin 6th March 1944. Aged 34 at the time Carey was known as the 'Ole Man'.
After the war he was a farmer and stockman until his death following an auto accident in July 1992.
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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
Aircraft
![Two crewmen of the 91st Bomb Group with a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37767) nicknamed "Blue Dreams". Handwritten on reverse: '237767.' On reverse: 'Not For Publication For Personal Use Only, Passed By US Army Examiner 10143 [Stamp].'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408080.jpg.webp?itok=PASTyH4l)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Blue Dreams
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
http://www.91stbombgroup.com/crewphotos/bluedreams3.html;
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Merle E. Carey.
