Carey B Ford
MilitaryShot down 16 February 1943 in B-17F 41-24611 'Boomerang' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Assigned target was St. Nazaire, France. Downed by fighters about 17 miles east of Vannes, France. He baled out and managed to evade capture and returned to England on 19-Jun-43. Evaded (EVD).
POW
Connections
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Units served with
![Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395050.jpg?itok=yTXjBhMl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395054.jpg?itok=ZIuxg04-)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Boomerang
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
![B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group fly over countryside. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 16 Feb 1943.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: '7-12 Liberator planes of U.S. Bomber Command in flight at the start of an operational patrol from their base "somewhere in England". And February 17th 1943 PN'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379113.jpg?itok=8ng_wgUL)
- Date: 16 February 1943
Places
![Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-458191.jpg?itok=LzuZ2zXF)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Evaded |
Pleucadeuc, France | 16 February 1943 - 29 June 1943 | Baled out near Pleucadeuc, France and evaded capture returning to England on 29-Jun-43. The evasion is documented on Escape and Evasion Report #29. Which may be viewed at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-29.pdf |
Born |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2015 . Added SN per MACR 16236; Added Evaded event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) Escape & Evasion Report #29; Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission and added decoration within existing website data; Added crew position and minor edits to Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16236 / MACR 16236 Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Heys p. 78 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database