Ralph Leroy Carroll

Military
A bomber crew of the 93rd Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Boomerang". A censor has obscured the insignia on the airmen's jackets. Passed as censored 5 Apr 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '"Boomerang" 53-Mission Liberator Goes Home. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Crew of the Liberator "Boomerang" before leaving for U.S. L-R squatting : 1st. Lt. William N. Ford of Jersey City, N.J. Navigator; Sgt. George C. Ewald of Norfolk, Va. crew chief; T/Sgt. Edwin D. Kleine of Long Island City, N.Y., media-408351.jpg FRE 3744 A bomber crew of the 93rd Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Bomerang". A censor has obscured the insignia on the airmen's jackets. Passed as censored 5 Apr 1944.

Printed caption on reverse: '"Bomerang" 53-Mission Liberator Goes Home. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Crew of the Liberator "Bomerang" before leaving for U.S.

L-R squatting :
1st. Lt. William N. Ford of Jersey City, N.J. Navigator;
Sgt. George C. Ewald of Norfolk, Va. crew chief;
T/Sgt. Edwin D. Kleine of Long Island City, N.Y., radio operator.

L-R Standing :
1st Lt. George Everhart of Marysville, Kansas, Bombardier;
1st Lt. John V. Kemp of L.A.,;
T/Sgt. Alfred B. Bergkamp;
S/Sgt. William A. Apy;
S/Sgt. Michael L. Sullivan;
S/Sgt. Enos H. Lee, Jarrettville, Md. Gunner;
T/Sgt. Ralph L. Carroll of West Lake Road, Northeast, Pa., Engineer gunner;
M/Sgt. Charles A. Chambers of Mechanicsburg, Pa., crew chief.'

On reverse: The Associated Press Ltd. and US Army General Section Press & Censorship [Stamps]. Print No: 314795. Roger Freeman Collection

Roger Freeman Photo

Object Number - FRE 3744 - A bomber crew of the 93rd Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Bomerang". A censor has obscured the insignia on the airmen's jackets....

TSgt. Ralph Carroll was assigned as a waist gunner to the 330th Bomb Squadron, the 93rd Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force, USAAF. he flew 25 combat missions. He flew on the famous Ploesti mission in aircraft, 41-24109, Ready & Willing - The Silver Streak. 1 Aug 43. He returned to ZI on the B-24D, Bomerang, with Capt. Walter Travis Stewart. 1944



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19011662 / O-724654
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Bomerang
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator of the 466th Bomb Group used as a flight assembly ship. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 Leaders ship.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ready & Willing, Silver Streak
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

North East, Pennsylvania 13 January 1920 Son of Raymon G Carroll.

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA 19 August 1941 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Other

Discharged USAAF

10 June 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Coraopolis, PA 7 July 1996

Buried

Coraopolis Cemetery Coraopolis, Allegheny County, PA 10 July 1996 Coraopolis Cemetery Coraopolis, Allegheny County, PA

Revisions

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Punctuation removed from aircraft names for uniformity, clarity, and readability. - Kickapoo

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Black Sunday-Ploesti - Michael Hill

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ploesti by Dugan & Stewart

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