Raymond Francis McCarthy

Military
media-24438.jpeg UPL 24438 Crew members of Bomb' N Belle :
Back, left to right : Joseph Keenan; Robert Sasse, Edward Frost and Raymond McCarthy.
Front, left to right : Eugene Szulczewski, Paul Dickerson, Richard Kindig (not Kindic !) and Andrew Marcin (not Marsin !) Hutchinson & Cortright

Corrected 2 names in the crew photo
MACR 4938

Object Number - UPL 24438 - Crew members of Bomb' N Belle : Back, left to right : Joseph Keenan; Robert Sasse, Edward Frost and Raymond McCarthy. Front, left to right : Eugene...

Shot down 20 May 1944 in B-17 #42-37864. Evaded (EVD). Escape & Evasion Report E&E 2130.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

People

Paul Douglas Dickerson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35201269
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Edward Harold Frost

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16037453 at enlistment, then O-568222
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph Gerard Keenan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12120493 at enlistment, then O-700733
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Richard Joseph Kindig

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35549145
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Andrew Anthony Marcin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33261086
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-3487

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bombn Belle
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 709th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron

42-37864

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Marty
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 18 July 1923

Enlisted

17 January 1943 Chicago, Illinois

Other

Bailed out

20 May 1944 of B-17 #42-37864 over Holland, landed in Belgium

Other

Evaded capture

20 May 1944 - 13 September 1944 with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Liberated in Seraing (Liège), Belgium by US troops. Flown back to England on 15 September 1944.

Died

28 March 2013
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Buried

Raymond McCarthy rests at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 4938
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 2130
VA Gravesite Locator

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4938

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Object number: UPL 24438 - Crew members of Bomb' N Belle : Back, left to...