Gilbert Carlson
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3162 'Buccaneer'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Howard R Carlson
Military
Howard R. Carlson followed his brother (Gilbert Carlson) into the Air Corps on 23 Feb 1943 and was stationed in Italy (1944-45) where he was a co-pilot on a B-24 Liberator with the 464th Bomb Group, 778th BS, 15th Air Force. He was discharged on 16 Aug 1945 and returned to NJ.
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464th Bomb Group
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A Consolidated History of the 464th Bomb Group ... -
778th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber squadron in mid-1943, trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), October 1943, becoming a Fifteenth Air Force heavy bomb squadron, attacking enemy targets both in...
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Pantanella
Military site : airfield
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| Event | Location | Date |
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| Lived in | New Jersey, USA | 1945 |
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| 24 November 2015 01:19:01 | intrepid | Changes to biography and person associations |
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| 24 November 2015 01:15:25 | intrepid | Changes to highest rank and role |
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| 24 November 2015 01:12:17 | intrepid | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname and nationality |
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