Irwin Harris Carr
MilitaryCo Pilot B-24 Liberator #42-40203 'Tobias the Terrible' 515th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, shot down on 28th Dec 43 mission to Vicenza marshaling yards, Saletto Italy, pilot John L Sonaglia, 3 KIA / 7 POW. MACR 1617
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tobias the Terrible
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description: 177 B-24’s, of IX Bomber Command (including Heavy Bombers on loan from Eighth AF) are dispatched to bomb oil refineries at Ploesti and nearby Campina. The operation (TIDALWAVE) is costly, 54 planes and 532 airmen being lost, but damage to the targets...
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Duplin County, NC, USA | 24 April 1921 | Duplin County North Carolina, USA. |
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Died |
Saletto PD, Italy | 28 December 1943 | Shot down on 28th Dec 43 mission to Vicenza marshaling yards, Saletto Italy, pilot John L Sonaglia, 3 KIA / 7 POW. MACR 1617 |
| North Carolina, USA | |||
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Buried |
Rockfish Presbyterian Church, Wallace, NC 28466, USA | Rockfish Presbyterian Church Cemetery Wallace, Duplin County North Carolina, USA. | |
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Other Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | 515th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF. |
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