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Personal info

Full name
CARTER, Wayne E
Date of birth
1908
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Coles County, Illinois
Hometown
Macon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
T-126952
Rank
Flight Officer
Function
Pilot
Unit
305th Squadron,
442nd Troop Carrier Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 25 40

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Carter (father)
Jesse B. (Edmonds) Carter (mother)
Luanna M. (Klenow) Carter (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-56282
Data
Type: CG-4A Glider
Destination: LZ-W Near 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherland
Mission: Glider Tow 19 September 1944
MACR: 12422

More information

F/O Wayne E. Carter joined the Regular Army in Roswell AAF, New Mexico on 9 November 1942. He died in a German prisoner of war camp from wounds received in action, according to a notification received through the Red Cross and the War department by his wife.
A graduate from the glider pilot school at Lubbock, Texas, he was appointed a flight officer and went overseas in August. He was a former Millikin university student and was employed at the Blakeney and Plum clothing store prior to entering the service.

Statement from 1st Lt Robert M. Newman:
"Last sighted making a normal pattern for landing, apparently under control."

F/O Carter was shot on the ground by enemy soldiers. He was captured near 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Collins Family Tree / Michigan Marriage Records, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review

Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review