Herbert Carqueville

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Pilot, Carqueville crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3180 'Forget Me Not II'. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 888. Plane crashed into North Sea after being damaged by fighter attack. Killed in Action (KIA). Name on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge AMC.

Park Ridge, IL

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-677188
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31169259
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32393057
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33350863
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 7008817
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kiplings Error and Forget Me Not II
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

9 October 1943

Born

Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 9 October 1943

Buried

Tablets of the Missing

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 888 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 888 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database