Carl E Cross

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

UPL 74431 UPL 74431 Carl E Cross Photo

Duxford Diary

Object Number - UPL 74431 - Carl E Cross Photo

Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Fatal Crash in P-47D 42-8555 Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA) 24 October 1943.

Awards: AM, PH.

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From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

84th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-8555

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Events

Event	Date	Description
Enlisted	2 January 1942	Enlisted McDill Field, FL.
Died	24 October 1943	Fatal Crash in P-47D 42-8555 Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA) 24 October 1943.
Buried	25 October 1943	Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Born
Based Killed in a Flying Accident (KIFA)	24 October 1943	Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.
Born

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Date10 Feb 2024 07:32:15

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Curtis Shepard Collection

Date10 Feb 2024 07:13:11

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ABMC

Date10 Feb 2024 07:11:03

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Duxford Diary

Date8 Oct 2018 09:01:04

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.fold3.com/record/529900132-carl-e-cross
http://aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Cross%2C+Carl&Submit…
https://www.fold3.com/image/537367009
https://www.fold3.com/image/310762961

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:05

ContributorAAM

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ABMC, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 350 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list