Herbert Carlson

Military

Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G 43-38012 while serving as Bombardier. Aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed at Witzenhausen, Germany.



Herbert Carlson was shot down on 16th August 1944, imprisoned at Stalag Luft 111 and took part in the harrowing evacuation of the camp on 28th January at the Russians approached. Carlson kept a diary of the eleven day march west to Mooseberg. 'In a blizzard of snow and sub-freezing weather....the guards had orders to shoot any prisoner who fell out...on the 29th we arrived at Moskan, our ration for this 28kms was 1 loaf of bread for 10 men' On the 31st they were locked into boxcars on a train - 50 men to a car - for the seven day rail journey; their ration for that period one can of meat and one loaf of bread between four men. They were all very glad to reach their new camp Stalag Luft V11-A.



POW

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38012

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 16 August 1944 - 25 February 1946 Held at Stalag 7A, Mooseburg, Bavaria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 25-Feb-46. Late RMC date may indicated that he was in hospital when the war ended.

Born

Connersville, Indiana, USA

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Herbert Carlson.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 17-Dec-2014. Added SN per MACR 8180, Added camp and map location to POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII Database; made connections to Decoration, Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; crafted biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & john A Hey MBE.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8180 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database