John J Carroll

Military

UPL 75058 UPL 75058 Lt Albert A Albino [ Aberdeen, Wash], and Lt John J Carroll [ Detroit, Mich], both members of the 38th Fighter Squadron stationed at Nuthampstead, England, discuss the map of a future target in the squadron pilot room.

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A14145-79830AC.

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Object Number - UPL 75058 - Lt Albert A Albino [ Aberdeen, Wash], and Lt John J Carroll [ Detroit, Mich], both members of the 38th Fighter Squadron stationed at Nuthampstead,...

On 29-Nov-43 2LT John J Carrol was piloting P-38H 42-67090 "FOB Detroit" from 55FG/38FS along with other P-38s from 55FG on a mission to escort bombers attaking at Bremen, Germany. The flight was attacked by German fighters near Meppel, Holland. 2LT Carroll's aircraf sustained battle damage in the attack and he was forced to bale out over Zwartsluis, Holland and captured as a Prisoner of War.

Purple Heart, Air Medal

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Units served with

38th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

55th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-67090

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Nicknames: FOB Detroit
Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron

Missions

Flight Surgeon Captain George R. Hornig serves up tea to pilots of the 56th Fighter Group in the mess at Halesworth air base. On the front row are, left to right: Captain Francis S. Gabreski, Lieutenant Eugene E. Barnum, an unknown pilot and Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Schilling. Passed for publication 29 November 1943. Printed caption attached to the rest of this series: '"Ace" Flight-Surgeon is combination family physician, foster-father and chaplain.' And: 'Associated Press photo shows: "Doc" Hornig he

VIII Fighter Command FO-192

Date: 29 November 1943

Places

Nuthampstead

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Detroit, Michigan	25 December 1919
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Barth, Germany	29 November 1943 - 8 June 1945	Held at Stalag Luft 1, Barth-Vogelsang, Prussia. Officially Returned to Military Control 8-Jun-45
Died		17 June 2003
Buried/ Commemorated	Tawas City, Michigan

Revisions

Date19 May 2022 16:36:53

ContributorJohan Visschedijk

Changes

Sources

Corrected:
Mepple → Meppel
Zwartshuis → Zwartsluis

See Google Maps:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Meppel/Zwartsluis/@52.67123,6.0970331,1…

Date18 Jul 2015 21:45:23

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 18-Jul-2015. Added nickname in description based on TN records of Peter Randall, historian, littlefriends.co.uk.

Date18 Jul 2015 21:19:01

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 18-Jul-2015. Added Decoration and POW event per National Archives Records Aministation (NARA)WWII POW database; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and MACR 1431.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:13

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1431 / MACR 1431; son (Veteran's Datatbase Submission); obituary / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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