Lewis G Carter Jr

Military
media-43777.jpeg UPL 43777 Lewis Carter

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Object Number - UPL 43777 - Lewis Carter

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Zwickau on 19 Mar 45 in B-17 'Daisey Mae' #4338368

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

People

Don A Borden

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Claude R Boydston

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-825098
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Arthur Burstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Arthur L B Darling

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Wayne L Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13154673
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

43-38368

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Daisy mae
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron

43-38780

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

896

  • Date: 19 March 1945
  • Official Description:

877

  • Date: 10 March 1945

854

  • Date: 28 February 1945

841

  • Date: 22 February 1945
  • Official Description:

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zwickau, Germany 19 March 1945

Born

Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorRobert Hoyt
Changes
Sources

From stories from Grandpa.

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
MACR 13562 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorDaiseyMaeB17
Changes
Sources

Entered by Lewis Carter's grandson after reading story by Edward T. Hinrichs (Sept. 10, 1987) about missions flown .

Date
ContributorDaiseyMaeB17
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Sources

Entered by grandson

Date
ContributorDaiseyMaeB17
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Sources

Entered by Lewis Carter's grandson after reading story by Edward T. Hinrichs (Sept. 10, 1987) about missions flown .

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

1999 Unit Roster/ MACR 13562 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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