Walter F Carnal Jr

Military

Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3269 'Piccadilly Willy', Prisoner of War (POW).



Earlier on 11 June 1943 returned crew and B-17 #42-5809 'Mary Jane' to an RAF base in Norfolk with BD.



POW, Silver Star

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3269

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Picadilly Willy
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

42-5809

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 14 October 1943 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Born

Lecompte, Louisiana

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Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Added connections to A/C #42-3269 & A/C #42-5809 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added a POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 958, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 147; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, Vol 1 pg 283 and Vol 2 pg 167