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MC GINTY, Carl S Jr - Date of
birth
14 February 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Texas -
Hometown
McLennan County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-703508 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
349th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
12 June 1944 - Place of
death
North Sea, 9 miles off Dunkerque, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Carl S. Mc Ginty (father)
Jessie B. (Robertson) McGinty (mother)
Rue Mc Ginty (sister)
Anita Mc Ginty (sister)
Vivin Mc Ginty (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-37601 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Rosières-en-Santerre, France
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 5625
More information
2nd Lt Carl S. Mc Ginty Jr. graduated from Waco High School and was a mechanic.He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Houston, Texas on 28 October 1942.
The crew was on their first mission.
The aircraft was hit by flak over Dunkerque at 08.53 hours at 24,000 feet. The #4 engine caught fire and the right wing broke off near the the #4 engine inducing a spin. Five or six parachutes may have come from this aircraft.
The only surviver, George L. Sherback had no recollection of leaving the plane and believed he must have been blown clear. A German officer told him the plane exploded and the remains of the other crew
members went into the sea.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.100thbg.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / 1940 Census / Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973
Photo source: www.100thbg.com, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from McClellan County, Texas