Albert Van Hook Carroll
Military![Staff Sergeant Albert Van Hoon Carroll, a gunner of the 303rd Bomb Group marks raids on the door to an army hut. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 9 Apr 1943.' [stamp] and '257542.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: S/Sgt. (Gunner) Albert Van Hoon Carroll, aged 20, of 110 W. Fannin Marshall, Texas, marks up the record of another raid on a door at his English base. Carroll, a student before joining the U.S. Air Force, has taken part in 11 rai](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-378857.jpg.webp?itok=W5wFuZ7V)
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 989 - Staff Sergeant Albert Van Hoon Carroll, a gunner of the 303rd Bomb Group marks raids on the door to an army hut. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright...
23 credited missions (first on 17-Nov-42)
Evaded after shot down by fighters 4-Jul-43 in B-17 42-5792 'The Mugger'. With one engine on fire, plane crashed outside Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, France, where a monument was erected to Pilot Robert O'Connor and Bombardier Richard Peterson who were killed.
S/Sgt Carroll returned to Molesworth on 19-Oct-43 after a successful evasion from capture.
(confusion have been made before with Sgt Marvin W Carroll, killed in action on 22-Feb-44)
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661542
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Mugger
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
26 June 1922 | Son of Berry Watson and Katherine Allen “Katie” [Van Hook] Carroll. | |
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Enlisted |
7 January 1942 | Dallas, Texas | |
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Other Baled out EVD |
4 July 1943 | Shot down by fighters 4-Jul-43 in B-17 42-5792 'The Mugger'; evaded (EVD) | |
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Other Evaded EVD |
4 July 1943 - 19 October 1943 | Evaded capture, return to unit by 19-Oct-43. EVD | |
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Died |
17 January 1998 | ||
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Buried |
21 January 1998 | Fero Memorial Gardens Cemetery Beverly Hills, Citrus County, Florida | |
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Based |
4 July 1943 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Hospitalised |
Hospitalised with frostbite. |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
I am the son of Albert Van Hook Carroll...His middle name was NOT Vanhool...it was VanHook...I have made this correction. I can provide proof if necessary..Thank You
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Suipplement, 1942-45; p. 85., Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey pp. 175-6
![Staff Sergeant Albert Van Hoon Carroll, a gunner of the 303rd Bomb Group marks raids on the door to an army hut. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 9 Apr 1943.' [stamp] and '257542.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: S/Sgt. (Gunner) Albert Van Hoon Carroll, aged 20, of 110 W. Fannin Marshall, Texas, marks up the record of another raid on a door at his English base. Carroll, a student before joining the U.S. Air Force, has taken part in 11 rai](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378857.jpg.webp?itok=5uYPb1V6)
