Ragnar L Carlson
Military"From a Boy to a Man" by Richard R Orlando May 2019
Reported to group on 28 Nov 1943. Damaged by flak and later attacked by fighters on the return from a mission to Berlin on 22 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31524 crash-landed at Horsey Gap, Norfolk after four crewman baled out near Vechta, Germany.
AM 3OLC, DFC 1OLC,
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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 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32717953
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
21 April 1984 | ||
Buried |
Newport, Oregon |
Revisions
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, MACR 434 [crewmen that bailed out], KU 682A Report [crewmen that bailed out], 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, First Over Germany pg. 2 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…