Claudio S Carano

Military

Radio operator, Sunde crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-31097 'Mission Belle'. Mission #46 to the chemical factory at Leverkusen, Germany. MACR 1661. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag XIIID.
Brooklyn, NY

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

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

Carlton A Josephson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31196558
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-31097

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

Missions

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Stalag XIII-D

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 13D, Oflag 73

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA 11 March 1920

Enlisted

Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York, NY, United States 22 July 1942

Other

Prisoner of War

Żagań, Poland 1 December 1943 Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland Stalag XIIID

Died

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States 18 August 1996

Buried

Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens, Hollywood, Florida, United States

Revisions

Date18 Mar 2018 04:48:00
ContributorARowe95
ChangesChanges to biography, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

ARowe95

Date22 Dec 2017 04:24:48
ContributorARowe95
ChangesChanges to biography, awards, person associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

ARowe95

Date25 Jul 2015 09:15:21
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to service number, role, biography and events
Sources

MACR 1661
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:23
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

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