Rollin Lewis Carter

Military

Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Merseburg Coolant seen streaming from P-51B 43-7143 A/C abandoned [crashed near Gelnhausen] baled out, Prisoner of War (POW) 29-Jul-44 MACR 7580.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

43-7143

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Miss Florida
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Leiston

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Port Arthur, Texas, USA 19 October 1917 NARA's WWII Enlistment records have him as born in 1917 in Missouri. MACR 7580 gives his full name as Rollin Lewis CARTER.

Enlisted

Kerrville, Texas, United States 4 August 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Based

Leiston 11 July 1944 - 29 July 1944 Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 29 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft I.

Other

Shot down / baled out

63571 Gelnhausen, Germany 29 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Merseburg Coolant seen streaming from P-51B 43-7143 A/C abandoned [crashed near Gelnhausen] baled out, POW 29-Jul-44 MACR 7580.

Died

Oklahoma, United States 23 November 1969
Hidalgo County, TX, USA According to NARA's WWII enlistment records, he was residing in Hidalgo County, Texas at the time of his enlistment.

Revisions

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http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=361820
https://www.fold3.com/image/29406256
https://www.fold3.com/record/57135388-rollin-l-carter
https://www.fold3.com/page/84840103-rollin-l-carter/facts
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=7580&Submit=Go

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http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=361820
https://www.fold3.com/image/29406256
https://www.fold3.com/record/57135388-rollin-l-carter
https://www.fold3.com/page/84840103-rollin-l-carter/facts
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=7580&Submit=Go

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 7580

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 7580

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7580 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list