Joe Ross Carnes Jr

Military
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front. Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. UPL 67770 UPL 67770 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 18 December 1944/ Koblenz, Germany (secondary).
L-R Standing: Technical Sergeant Charles W Ford, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner; First Lieutenant Joseph J Sarto, Visual (Pilotage) Navigator; First Lieutenant Kenneth S Lord, Navigator; First Lieutenant Albert J Merlis, Gee-H Navigator; Captain Charles D Bonnett, Bombardier; Staff Sergeant Raymond A Panici, Flexible Gunner.
L-R Sitting: Major Maurice A Booska, Air Commander; Captain Joe R Carnes, Pilot; Technical Sergeant Albert K Sherriff, Radio Operator; Second Lieutenant Roy E Dobson, Tail Gunner/Observer; Staff Sergeant Irving L Miller, Flexible Gunner.

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754 44-8007 Grafton Underwood Charles W Ford Joseph M Sarto Kenneth Smith Lord Albert L Merlis Charles Daniel Bonnett Raymond A Panici Maurice Arthur Booska Joe Ross Carnes Albert K Sherriff Roy E Dobson Irving L Miller On

Object Number - UPL 67770 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 18 December 1944/ Koblenz, Germany (secondary). L-R Standing: Technical Sergeant Charles W Ford, Engineer/Top Turret...

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-37982

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Trembling Gremlin
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Missions

642

  • Date: 19 September 1944

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Alexandria, LA, USA 1 March 1922

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Assigned

Grafton Underwood, Kettering NN14, UK 26 July 1944 - 17 March 1945 Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #148 dated 26 July 1944 as Crew Pilot. 30 combat missions.

Other

Bailed Out

Belgium 19 September 1944 Bailed out over Allied Territory after a mission on 19 September 1944. Seven of the crew returned to duty. The ball turret gunner was injured by flak and transferred to the Detachment of Patients, 4178 U.S. Army Hospital Plant. The tail gunner was injured by flak and hospitalized from 19 September 1944 until 10 November 1944.

Died

Cypress, TX, USA 6 August 2017

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Joe Ross Carnes: Gallery (2 items)

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front. Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.

Object number: UPL 67770 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 18 December 1944/...

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front. Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.

Object number: UPL 67884 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 10 November 1944...