Carlton A Josephson
MilitaryPhoto courtesy of the USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries website
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39542283
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17001123 and T-61036
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19091089 and O-749108
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14106899 and O-685892
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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
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
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx