John M Carothers
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort Berlin engine failure crashed into North Sea in P-51 'Reddy Teddy' 42-103325 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8309.
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Based |
Fowlmere | 4 August 1944 - 27 August 1944 | Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Off Husum, Germany | 27 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort Berlin engine failure crashed into North Sea in P-51 'Reddy Teddy' 42-103325 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8309. |
Louisville, KY, USA | |||
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery |
Revisions
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmpilot.asp?Pilot=Carothers&Sub…
https://www.fold3.com/page/529873938-john-m-carothers/facts
https://www.fold3.com/record/529873938-john-m-carothers
https://www.fold3.com/image/28689816
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Carothers&Submit=Sea…
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56297423
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list