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Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 53FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Wahn, Germany as the flight was rolling in to the attack they were set upon by Fw190's, jettisoning their bombs pilot 2Lt Robert S Carr was shot down and crashed near Wahn. MACR 11446.

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People

Robert S Carr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 36th Fighter Group 53rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-715471
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Carl J Luksic

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-732289
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bodney

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Wahn, Köln, Germany 23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Wahn, Germany as the flight was rolling in to the attack they were set upon by Fw190's, jettisoning their bombs he was shot down and crashed near Wahn. MACR 11446.

Manufactured

Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA Built at Republic.

Delivered

New York, NY, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned

Kingsnorth, Ashford, UK Transferred to 53FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date30 Jan 2017 17:49:00
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmdate.asp?thedate=441223&Submi…
www.littlefriends.co.uk
https://www.fold3.com/image/46699869

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:05
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 11446 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database