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RHODES, Carney C Jr - Date of
birth
1923 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Oregon -
Hometown
Pendleton, Umtilla County, Oregon
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
19021176 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Photographer -
Unit
360th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
2 October 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, off the coast of Denmark
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Carney C. Rhodes (father)
Margaret M. (Thompson) Rhodes (mother)
Leona M. (sister)
Helen D. Rhodes (sister)
Myrtle M. Rhodes (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-5260 -
Data
Type:B-17F
Nickname: Yardbird II
Target: Emden, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 738
More information
The aircraft was hit by gunfire from two ME-109's immediately after the formation left the target. The ship peeled off, went down out of control, and exploded above the overcast. One parachute was observed coming out it went out of sight.In addition to the crew of ten, a photographer, Sgt Carney C. Rhodes Jr., was on board. All were killed. Only the body of Hugh F. Gigney Jr. was recovered when it washed ashore at Esbjerg, whre he was initally buried on 3 December 1942. He is now interred at Ardennes Cemetery.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans,www.fold3.com - MARC, www.8thafhs.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Swallow Family Tree
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Lyndsey Rehberg