Ashton Ellsworth Carter

Military
media-48793.jpeg UPL 48793 SSGT Ashton Ellsworth Carter
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF
KIA - 18 March 1945

Object Number - UPL 48793 - SSGT Ashton Ellsworth Carter 416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF KIA - 18 March 1945

SSGT Ashton E. Carter had completed an 18 month combat tour in the SW Pacific with the 3rd Bomb Group - 90th Bomb Squadron. He was flying his 25th mission of his 2nd combat tour when he was KIA

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35041517 / 0-684243
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-688692
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Nino
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Keene, New Hampshire 25 May 1921

Enlisted

Manchester, New Hampshire 20 November 1940

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Foret de Parrov, France 28 September 1944

Died

Johannisberg, Germany 18 March 1945

Buried

11 October 1949 Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA Plot J, 15383

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