Carleton Earl Gillmore

Military

Shot down on 19th mission. Had 2 missions over Berlin. Liberated Lubeck Prisoner of War (POW) Plane was Hard to Get B-17 #448225



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ashtabula, Ohio 20 November 1924

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 7 April 1945

Died

27 November 2007

Buried

Ottawa Hills Memorial Park; Toledo, OH

Revisions

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ContributorGillmore
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Rick Gillmore (son)

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Contributorjmoore43
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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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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self/MACR 13891