Carl Lloyd Liles Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-34558.png UPL 34558 Carl Lloyd Liles. Pilot, KIA 384th Bomb Group collection

Cally Boatwright, 452nd BGA

Object Number - UPL 34558 - Carl Lloyd Liles. Pilot, KIA

Killed in Action (KIA) 3 September 1944 in AC #42-38119. Crashed off Channel Islands Missing Air Crew Report #8609. Hit by Flak over Guernsey Island, #2 engine flames, Lost altitude, #2 engine fell, #3 prop feathered. Ditched with no explosion. No bodies recovered.



DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/Purple Heart

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Units served with

Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-759292
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

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

Missions

  • Date: 3 September 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Floyd County, TX, USA 24 July 1920

Other

Assigned

Deopham Green, Norfolk, England 21 December 1943 - 1 April 1944 •Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group Headquarters Complement, per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #172 dated 21 December 1943. Transferred to the 6th Combat Crew Replacement Center on 1 April 1944. 9 combat missions with the 384th Bomb Group.

Died

Killed in action

3 September 1944 Assigned HQ Deopham Green, Norfolk. 452nd BG, 731 BS. Ditched off Channel Islands, MIA. MACR 8609. Crew KIA.

Other

France Wall of Missing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Saint James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France

Revisions

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Cally Boatwright, 452nd BGA

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Information from duplicate files https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/21906
and
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/21952 was consolidated with this file on 29 July 1944.

BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE 1942 (Command and Staff) by Russell Strong

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2325

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ABMC, MACR 8609 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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