Robert Leroy Carlberg

Military
media-30642.png 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, Co-Pilot Robert Carlberg, Bombardier Ewart Sconiers, Navigator Harold Spire
(Photo courtesy of Rick Flack)

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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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Units served with

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14030942
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34199059
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12036569
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15067557
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16061443
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Johnny Reb II, Johnny Reb Jr
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pender, Thurston County, Nebraska, United States 30 December 1919 the son of Roy B. Carlberg and Dora Marguerite Henrietta (Hinrich) Carlberg

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

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

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."

Died

Seattle, King County, Washington, United States 13 March 1989
Pender, Thurston County, Nebraska, United States

Buried

Crown Hill Cemetery, Seattle, United States

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII POW Records
US Census 1930
Social Security Death Index

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 22-Nov-2014. Added POW event. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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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.

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ContributorAAM
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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

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