Carroll A Gouger
MilitaryAttacked by fighters after the bombing mission to Leipzig on 20 Feb 1944, B-17G #42-31518 'Doolittle's Doughboys' left formation and attempted to reach Sweden but was hit again by fighters. The remaining crew baled out before the aircraft exploded and crashed near Magdeburg, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Doolittle's Doughboys
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 20 February 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2437 / MACR 2437, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3436 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database