Walter C Carr
Military ROLL OF HONOURco-pilot, Hopp crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-17 #42-30852 'Blowin' Bessie'. Mission #42 to the synthetic oil factory at Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MACR 1399. Killed in Action (KIA). Lt Carr was struck in the back by a 20mm shell fragment. Tablets of the Missing in the Netherlands AMC.
Dunbar, PA
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11096678
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32471793
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802678
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36381033
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
5 November 1943 | ||
Born |
Dunbar, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hollland | 5 November 1943 | |
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Tablets of the Missing |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1399 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1399 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database