Charles Eugene Garrett

Military
media-47829.jpeg UPL 47829 Robert Mooney crew, Lowery Field, Denver, Colorado. 389BG.

Rear L-R: Charles E Garrett, Eugene P Spencer, Alex Lubin, Elvin H Henderson, Eber G Ayers, Aaron P Leibowitz.
Front L-R: Robert C Mooney, James F Gerrits, John D Wilson, Rockly Triantafellu.

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Object Number - UPL 47829 - Robert Mooney crew, Lowery Field, Denver, Colorado. 389BG. Rear L-R: Charles E Garrett, Eugene P Spencer, Alex Lubin, Elvin H Henderson, Eber G...

Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'Hitler's Hearse' 42-40544 1-Aug-43; pilot killed by flak, C/P landed A/C in Izmir, Turkey, Interned INT



Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

People

Robert Carleton Mooney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18065787 / O-724635
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-40544

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hitlers Hearse
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bloomington, MD 5 December 1923 Son of Thomas H and Nellie [Butcher] Garrett.

Other

Interned

İzmir, Turkey 1 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'Hitler's Hearse' 42-40544 1-Aug-43; interned Izmir, Turkey.

Other

Discharged USAAF

27 January 1946 Honourable discharge.

Died

Worthington, WV

Buried

Grandview Memorial Gardens Fairmont, Marion County, WV Grandview Memorial Gardens Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
Parkersburg, WV

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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 389th Bomb Group

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AAM Database.

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'Ploesti' by Dugan & Stewart, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I p. 223 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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