Clyde W Carlton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-56549.jpeg UPL 56549 Diehl crew, 44BG.

Rear L-R: S/Sgt Spear, T/Sgt Ward, S/Sgt McAtee, S/Sgt Gentry, S/Sgt Sevick, T/Sgt Carlton, Sgt Nelon
Front L-R: 1Lt Light, Cpt Diehl, 1Lt Girard, 1Lt Kelley

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 56549 - Diehl crew, 44BG. Rear L-R: S/Sgt Spear, T/Sgt Ward, S/Sgt McAtee, S/Sgt Gentry, S/Sgt Sevick, T/Sgt Carlton, Sgt Nelon Front L-R: 1Lt Light, Cpt...

Killed in Action (KIA) while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti Raid in B-24 'Satan's Hellcat' 42-40995.



Joined Sqd 4/10/42.

ETO/Queen Mary 9/5/42.

DS/Bengahzi 6/26/43.

Completed tour prior to 8/1/43.

Killed in Action (KIA) 8/1/43 (Ploesti) - 26th mission. Pilot: Houston.



DF w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster



Fw 190 destroyed 3/18/43, Me 109 damaged 3/18/43, Fw 190 destroyed 4/5/43.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Rowland Barkley Houston

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-727991
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-40995

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satan's Hell Cats
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

1 August 1943

Born

Lexington, North Carolina

Buried

Revisions

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Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 44th Bomb Group

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3147, Webb Todd

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Object number: UPL 56549 - Diehl crew, 44BG. Rear L-R: S/Sgt Spear, T/Sgt...