Carlton A Josephson

Military

Object Number - UPL 35077 - SSgt Carlton Josephson. Sunde crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Photo courtesy of the USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries website

LWG, Sunde crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Former member of the 533rd BS. On board "Mission Belle" - #42-31097 - Shot down 1 December 1943 - Mission #46 to the chemical factory at Leverkusen, Germany. MACR 1661. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft XV11B.
New Britain, CT

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Units served with

381st Bomb Group

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

533rd Bomb Squadron

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

535th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Claudio S Carano

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32410832
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Roger G Christensen

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17065322 and O-739541
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Charles J Culver

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35722592
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

William P England

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 38168075
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

John F Healy

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32335119
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-31097

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Mission Belle
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 145

Date: 1 December 1943

VIII Bomber Command 138

Date: 26 November 1943

Places

Stalag XVII-B

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	New Britain, Connecticut, United States	15 April 1918
Enlisted	Hartford, Connecticut, United States	23 October 1942
Other POW - Prisoner of War	Braunau - Gneixendorf, near Krems an der Donau, Austria	1 December 1943	interned at Stalag XVIIB (17B) in Braunau, near Krems, Austria
Died	Southington, Connecticut, United States	19 March 2001
Buried	Saint Thomas Cemetery, Southington, Connecticut, United States

Revisions

Date7 Sep 2018 04:30:01

ContributorARowe95

ChangesChanges to media associations

Sources

USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries website

Date22 Dec 2017 04:47:09

ContributorARowe95

ChangesChanges to highest rank, biography, awards, unit associations, place associations and mission associations

Sources

ARowe95

Date21 Oct 2015 14:48:16

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

ChangesChanges to highest rank

Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
NARA WWII Enlistment and POW records;
MACR 1661;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
MACR 1661 ;
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date25 Jul 2015 10:20:18

ContributorED-BB

ChangesChanges to role, biography, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations

Sources

MACR 1661
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:12

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx