Carroll G Snidow

Military

Shot down 27 September 1944 in AC #42109789 on 18th mission to Kassel. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft I, Barth. Plane was Mairzy Doats'



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-109789

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Mairzy Doats
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 445th Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rochester, New York, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 27 September 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9389 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 9389