Earle W Carlow

Military
media-14007.jpeg UPL 14007 Captain Earle W. Carlow of the 335th Fighter Squadron.

Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.

Object Number - UPL 14007 - Captain Earle W. Carlow of the 335th Fighter Squadron.

Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to return from fighter sweep of Southern France. P-51 43-6639 hit by flak while strafing airfield and crashed SE of La Rochelle on a sweep of the Bordeaux area 21-Mar-44. Baled out and captured POW. Later escaped and returned to duty POW/ EVD/ RTD. MACR 3378



Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Maine, USA 29 July 1920

Enlisted

28 October 1942

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 22 January 1943 - 21 March 1944 Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Shot down

La Rochelle, France 21 March 1944 Failed to return from fighter sweep of Southern France. A/C P-51 43-6639 hit by flak while strafing airfield and crashed SE of La Rochelle on a sweep of the Bordeaux area 21-Mar-44. Baled out and captured POW. Later escaped and returned to duty POW/ EVD/ RTD. MACR 3378

Other

Prisoner Of War [POW].

France 21 March 1944 - 7 May 1944 Baled out and captured POW.

Other

Escaped/returned to duty

Spain 7 May 1944 - 10 June 1944 Escaped and returned to duty EVD/ RTD.

Based

Boxted 4 August 1944 Assigned to 5th ERS at Boxted

Died

Skowhegan, ME 04976, USA 23 February 1987

Other

Promotion

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Skowhegan, ME 04976, USA

Buried

East Skowhegan Cemetery Skowhegan Somerset County ME East Skowhegan Cemetery Skowhegan Somerset County Maine, USA.

Enlisted

Revisions

Date
ContributorRichard Boxted
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ContributorRichard Boxted
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from 5th ers history

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Contributorapollo11
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Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3378 / MACR 3378, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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