CARPENTER John E - 422 BS 305 BGH

 

John E. CARPENTER

 

Carpenter john e
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-389586
AGE yo
DATE OF BIRTH 
ETAT TEXAS
FAMILY

 

RANK1st Lieutenant
FONCTIONNavigator
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT TX
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
  SQUADRON422nd Bomber Squadron
  GROUP305th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th  US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH16 February 1943Carpenter john e tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHPond of Grand Gournava - Pleucadeuc
DATA PLAN 

 B-17 Fortress - type F-27-BO - s/n 41-24611 JJ*W "Boomerang"

b17

Macr: 16236

Mission: Attack Underwater Base St-Nazaire (44)

Takeoff: 9H00 station 105 Chelveston

Nothamptonshire UK

Shot by a hunter on 9 / Jg26

Airplane evacuated parachute to 17000 feet, except the Navigator - Around 11:00

CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
G1210
DECORATION

Air Medal + olc

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

 

am olc

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 
usaf 8air force 305bg 422bs

   

STORY

Carpenter john e ecole militaire

John E. CARPENTER at the Texas Military Academy in 1940

 Carpenter john e PRESSE

 

History of Crash

 

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-27-BO - s/n 41-24611 JJ*W

"Boomerang"

 

Captain Charles J STEENBARGER Pilot Prisoner - O-416914 - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia
1st Lieutenant Thomas Palmer MAYO Co Pilot Escaped - O-437888 - Né le 09/08/1920 - Northfield, Vermont - Evasion par Pyrénées/Espagne/Gibraltar - Retour UK 28/03/1943
1st Lieutenant John E Jr  CARPENTER Navigator Dead -  Cim Brit Am St-James  O-389586 - AM+1/PH - Texas 
1st Lieutenant Joe J VARHOL Bomber Prisoner  - O-725106 - Minnesota - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia
T/Sergeant Carey Bernard FORD Mechanic/Gunner Escaped - 34161709 - Né le 15/01/1916 - Birmingham, Alabama  - Evasion par Pyrénées/Espagne/Gibraltar - Retour UK 29/06/1943 
S/Sergeant Frederick J DEWIG Radio Prisoner  - 35255153 - Indiana - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf
S/Sergeant Lowell R LEWIS Gunner Prisoner  - 39826700 - Utah - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf
S/Sergeant Dale MARKLAND Gunner Escaped - 39826633 - AM - Né le 02/09/1917 - Ogden, Utah - Retour UK 28/06/1943
T/Sergeant Donald R WALL Gunner Prisoner - 17031489 - Nebraska - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf
S/Sergeant Charley L GILBERT Gunner Prisoner - 19065013 - California - Camp non connu
T/Sergeant Norris C MILLER Photographer Prisoner - 19045776 - California - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf
Carpenter john e bombardier reconstitution
Carpenter john e B 17 Boomerang

SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFrank BERNARD - Jean-Yves REYNAUD, Association Air Memorial -  Francecrashes39-45.net - NARA -  Famille CARPENTER -  Frédéric LAVERNHE - Abmc.gov - Aerosteles.net - U-boote.fr - Findagrave.com - 
PROGRAMMERGarrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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