James Carroll Cater
MilitaryAssigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) St Avord in B-17 42-97199 28-Apr-44; flak KO'd No.3 engine and set wing on fire, crashed St Avord. Baled out Evaded Capture (EVD) MACR 4235 - Escaped and Evaded through France.
Awards: AM, WWI Victory, EAME.
Post War: Stayed on in the Service and took part in the Korean War, serving a total 13 years in the Air Force. He was later Vice President of Command Airways, a member of the Escape and Evasion Society and of Disabled American Veterans.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11122559
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13086628
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-751271
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15394502
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16010057
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, IL | 4 July 1922 | Son of William Harrison and Grace Lillian [Carroll] Cater. |
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Other Evaded |
France | 28 April 1944 - 9 July 1944 | Escaped and Evaded through France with assistance from Maquis. |
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Other Baled out EVD |
St Avord, France | 28 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) St Avord in B-17 42-97199 28-Apr-44; flak KO'd No.3 engine and set wing on fire, crashed St Avord. Baled out, Evaded MACR 4235 |
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Died |
Sun City, AZ | 18 March 2000 | |
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Buried |
Sunland Memorial Park Sun City, Maricopa County, AZ | 21 March 2000 | Sunland Memorial Park Sun City, Maricopa County, Arizona |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 28 April 1944 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Queens, NY |
Revisions
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of James Cater.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4235 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database