Robert Leroy Carlberg
Military
Pilot Milton Stenstrom, Co-Pilot Robert Carlberg, Bombardier Ewart Sconiers, Navigator Harold Spire
(Photo courtesy of Rick Flack)
Added individual photo
Object Number - UPL 30642 - Robert L. Carlberg in a photograph with the Milton Stenstrom crew on 21 October 1942. Back row, from left to right : Pilot Milton Stenstrom,...
Robert Carlberg was assigned to the 97th Bomb Group/414th Bomb Squadron, and was sent to England. Shot down on 21 October 1942 in B-17 #41-24443 while serving as Co-Pilot on a mission to bomb U-Boat pens at Lorient/Keroman, France. The Fortress was hit by a Flak burst, lost altitude and was attacked by one or more enemy fighters. After a French fishing boat picked them up, they were taken to port and arrested by the Germans. Prisoner of War (POW).
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-724720
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14055182
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19038492 at enlistment, then O-659022
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16009044 at enlistment, then O-431060
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pender, Thurston County, Nebraska, United States | 30 December 1919 | the son of Roy B. Carlberg and Dora Marguerite Henrietta (Hinrich) Carlberg |
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Other |
Brest, France | 21 October 1942 | ditched with B-17 # 41-24443 in the Atlantic Ocean about 10 miles off the coast of Brest, France |
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Other captured |
Quimper, France | 21 October 1942 | after his rescue, together with 8 other crew members, by a French fishing boat and arrested after landing by the Germans |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Sagan, Poland | 21 October 1942 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3. Liberated by US troops in Moosburg 29 April 1945. NARA POW Records : "Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 19 May 1945." |
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Died |
Seattle, King County, Washington, United States | 13 March 1989 | |
| Pender, Thurston County, Nebraska, United States | |||
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Buried |
Crown Hill Cemetery, Seattle, United States |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Lee Cunningham 22-Nov-2014. Added POW event. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Lee Cunningham 28-Oct-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol 1, pp 38-39 by Bishop and Hey