Carl E Stetson
MilitaryRode in the top turret as gunner, no combat. Flight A, 8th Bomber Command; maintained, serviced, and supplied ground and air crews for all of the official planes of HQ, HQ SQ 8AF & Bomber Command. As an air engineer flew with about all of the Upper Echelon officers at one time or another; including Eaker, Doolittle, Frederick Anderson, Orval Anderson, Gen. Partridge, LeMay, Vandenberg.
A & E Silver medal, air crew wings, 5 overseas stripes, GCM, Sharpshooter, ETO, Nat. Defense, WWII Victory Medal
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![Personnel of the 97th Bomb Group look out for the return of B-17 Flying Fortresses from a raid on Rouen, from the top of the Control Tower at Grafton Underwood.
Image stamped on reverse: 'Photo Supplied Photopress Central.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'USA (BRI) CCC.' [written annotation] and '216036.' [Censor no.]
Printed caption on reverse: 'Picture shows: Aerodrome Personnel on the Control Tower watching for the return of the planes from the raid.' Handwritten captio](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379323.jpg.webp?itok=yT71Hmaq)
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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Born |
Blackwood, New Jersey | 25 September 1917 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self