Gene L Carroll
Military
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UPL 18403
Crew #535
Edward F. Kaspshak Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Edward F. Kaspshak (P), Peter P. Igoe (N), Thomas Baker (B), James J. Ruzicka (CP)
Kneeling Left to Right: Russell Jackson (R/O), Robert D. Fox (LWG), Louis J. McCarville (FE), Peter Guiegello (TG), Lawrence M. Brunstrom (BTG), Gene Carroll (RWG)
This crew was shot down on their 14th combat mission, 18 July 1944. Kaspshak, Ruzicka, Igoe and McCarville were all KIA.
Edward F. Kaspshak Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Edward F. Kaspshak (P), Peter P. Igoe (N), Thomas Baker (B), James J. Ruzicka (CP)
Kneeling Left to Right: Russell Jackson (R/O), Robert D. Fox (LWG), Louis J. McCarville (FE), Peter Guiegello (TG), Lawrence M. Brunstrom (BTG), Gene Carroll (RWG)
This crew was shot down on their 14th combat mission, 18 July 1944. Kaspshak, Ruzicka, Igoe and McCarville were all KIA.
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed into English Channel on 7/18/44 in B-24 Spare Parts #4129350
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33-018-691
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-811824
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Spare Parts
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Presidio, San Francisco, CA, USA | 12 January 1942 | |
Born |
Missouri, USA | ||
Stanislaus County, CA, USA |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7407 / MACR 8163 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database