Eugene Thomas Carroll
Military ROLL OF HONOUREugene Carroll was Radio Operator on B-17 #42-97368. Crash-landed near Massow, 5km NE of Freyenstein, Brandenburg, Germany, 12 September 1944. Killed in Action (KIA)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16116296 at enlistment, then O-706780
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32529064 at enlistment, then O-716627
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-190746 / O-1995801
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36480415
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11119458
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tailwind
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron 601st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 September 1944
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
16 July 1918 | Larksville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States | |
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Enlisted |
7 February 1942 | New Cumberland, Pennsylvania | |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
12 September 1944 | in the crash-landing of B-17 #42-97368 near Massow, 5km NE of Freyenstein, Brandenburg, Germany | |
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Buried |
16 September 1944 | at the municipal cemetery in Massow, 5km NE of Freyenstein | |
| Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | |||
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Buried |
after the war, his remains were transferred to the Lorraine American Cemetery. Eugene Carroll rests at Plot D, Row 41, Grave 35 |
Revisions
MACR 8834
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
ABMC website
Captured German records, AV 2295/45, page 164 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238585
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Changed the label of the “POW” event to "Killed in Action (KIA)".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8834 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database