Raphael Edwin Carrow

Military

Shot down on 9/27/44 on Kassel mission in B-24 'Patches' #42-110022, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-110022

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Patches
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, NY, USA 25 September 1918

Died

Torrance, CA, USA 27 September 1944 24 February 2009

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Social Security Death Index

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Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124 MACR 9399 & Unit history & p226 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION edited by Randy Baumgardner, D790.A2S45 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9399 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database