Robert Taylor Carter

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-55984.jpeg UPL 55984 Sgt Robert T. Carter and wife Authurine Eva

Via findagrave contributor 'Carole Talk Zinnel'

Object Number - UPL 55984 - Sgt Robert T. Carter and wife Authurine Eva

Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by 20mm shells from Me109's on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17 42-30340 'Screamin Red Ass' crashed W of Magdeburg, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3079



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32003112 / O-748141
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dry Run, Screamin Red Ass
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Folsom, OK 18 June 1919 Son of Delia Sharp. NoK: Wife Arthurine E Carter. San Antonio, Texas, USA

Enlisted

Oklahoma City, OK 10 June 1941 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Died

8 March 1944

Buried

Hillside Cemetery Purcell, McClain County, OK Marker: Hillside Cemetery Purcell, McClain County, Oklahoma

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Knettishall 8 March 1944 Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Headstone (Shared with Wife): Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3079 / MACR 3079, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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