Carleton F Dow

Military

Shot down by ME109s and exploded and crashed near Dorsten, GR on a mission to Oschersleben, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-3087. 'Clean Cut'. Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft 1 15 mos



POW Purple Heart

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Clean Cut
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Anson, Massachusetts 19 June 1919

Died

10 December 1983

Buried

Augusta, Massachusetts

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Belgium 22 February 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2466 / MACR 2466 daughter by email, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database