Chester R Carlstrum

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Object Number - UPL 62644 - Chester R Carlstrom

Killed in Action (KIA). AC 42-95183 'Briney Marlin' Forming up, hit by AC 42-95159. Plane went into spin and crew was ordered to bail out. Immediately after Carlstrum and Abshire bailed out, the pilot was able to gain control and the rest of the crew decided to stay with the plane and landed safely. Picture of plane p. 17

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Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

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Died

27 May 1944

Born

California

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Combat Chronology Supplement p. 266. Folded Wings of the 458th Bomb Group, p. 17 & Page 273 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Chester R Carlstrum: Gallery (2 items)

Chester R Carlstrom

Object number: UPL 62644 - Chester R Carlstrom

Chester R. Carlstrum

Object number: UPL 62647 - Chester R. Carlstrum