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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  • 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

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Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA 11 March 1920

Enlisted

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

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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

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MACR 1661
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW records

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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