Carleton Earl Gillmore
MilitaryShot down on 19th mission. Had 2 missions over Berlin. Liberated Lubeck Prisoner of War (POW) Plane was Hard to Get B-17 #448225
POW
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Missions
- Date: 23 March 1944
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=47P7nfd_)
- Date: 22 March 1944
- Date: 21 March 1944
- Date: 21 March 1944
- Date: 20 March 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Ashtabula, Ohio | 20 November 1924 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 7 April 1945 | |
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Died |
27 November 2007 | ||
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Buried |
Ottawa Hills Memorial Park; Toledo, OH |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self/MACR 13891