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Personal info

Full name
MATTSON, Carl Andrew
Date of birth
9 September 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
O-797156
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
567th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1944
Place of death
Near Vrigny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 14 29

Immediate family

Members
Carl A. Mattson (father)
Hildur O. (Carlson) Mattson (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-40747
Data
Type: B-24D
Nickname: Heavy Date
Destination: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the oil refinery
MACR: 1851

More information

1st Lt Carl A. Mattson was a draftsman before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Manchester, New Hampshire on 21 January 1942.

On 7 January 1944, Heavy Date, was assigned to bomb the Ludwigshafen Oil Refinery in Germany, piloted by Lt. Carl A. Mattson. The plane was attacked, shot up, and damaged by German fighters, It fell out of control and out of position in its formation. It's cockpit caught on fire, as it fell into a spin and crashed. Some of the crew were able to bail out the plane before it exploded and crashed, one kilometer northeast of Vrigny, France.

Lt Shirley D. Berry:
He was overcome either by smoke or anoxia.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – John Dowdy

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Misty