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Personal info

Full name
CARPENTER, Lee Francis
Date of birth
9 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Orion Township, Oakland County, Michigan
Hometown
Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36890748
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
351st Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Hamburg-Süderelbe, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 41 38

Immediate family

Members
Byron D. Carpenter (father)
Iva P. Carpenter (mother)
Eugene B. Carpenter (brother)
Bruce P. Carpenter (brother)
Robert E. Carpenter (brother)
Charles S. Carpenter (brother)
Gerald O. Carpenter (brother)
Charlotte Carpenter (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38124
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Hamburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Rheunania Ossag oil refinery
MACR: 11363

More information

The aircraft was broken in two by collision with A/C 42-31066 which fell on it after being hit by flak. Both aircraft went down in flames.

Fragments of S/Sgt Carpenter's body were found and buried on the spot on 5 January 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Lake Orion Weekly review, www.fold3.com - MACR

Photo source: Michel Beckers, www.findagrave.com - Klassikat