Martin Winston McCarty Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 64866 - Capt Martin W McCarty Jr
Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew B-17 'Vertigo' over to ETO. Killed in Action (KIA) on 4-Mar-43 in B-17 41-24549 'Stupen Takit', 91BG/323BS while serving as Pilot. The aircraft sustained a direct hit from AA fire just after leaving the target of the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany. CPT McCarty ordered a bale out, but only two crewmen managed to parachute from the aircrft before it exploded. The aircraft crashed at Buldern, Germany.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16038741
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner, Tail Gunner; Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Squadron 91st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 35380319
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Utility Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12034826
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661868
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14035751
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 9 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lamkin, Texas | 21 December 1917 | BornLamkin, Texas |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Buldern, 48249 Dülmen, Germany | 4 March 1943 | Killed when aircraft took a direct hit from AA fire just after the target and exploded. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery, Liège, Belgium | 1 January 1946 | Re-InterredArdennes American Cemetery, Plot C, Row 2, Grave 19. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monumnets Commission (ABMC) records; Confirmed SN and added KIA event per MACR 15596. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data. Added A/C model letter, unit association, crew position, loss details and A/C crash location to Summary Biogrpahy based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces:, Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15596, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, pp. 87-88, MACR 3721 The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourne by Havelaar p. 250