Phillip Lester Carlin
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Shot down 13 May 1944 in B-17G #42-102548. While formation was under attack from enemy aircraft, the plane left formation, dove directly down and disappeared through the undercast; crashed near Zarnekla (7.5 miles South of Grimmen) Germany. MACR 4814.
Killed in Action (KIA)
POW
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-755114
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35646454
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39276069
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37663908
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 4 April 1905 | |
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Other Assigned |
26 April 1944 | Assigned to the 384th BG 544 BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #78 dated 26 April 1944, Lawrence Murchan Crew, 5 combat missions. | |
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Other KIA |
Germany | 13 May 1944 | Final Resting Place or Memorial: SECTION I SITE 199, BEVERLY NATIONAL CEMETERY,BEVERLY, NJ |
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Buried |
916 Bridgeboro Rd, Beverly, NJ 08010, USA | At Beverly National Cemetery |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4814