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CARTER, Allen Charles - Date of
birth
17 June 1918 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Naylor, Ripley County, Missouri -
Hometown
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
T-121935 -
Rank
Flight Officer -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
331st Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 March 1944 - Place of
death
Itzehoe, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Otho D. Carter (father)
Francis M. Carter (mother)
Howard C. Carter (brother)
Ruth E. Champion (sister)
Archie C. Carter (brother)
Victor B. Carter (brother)
Richard P. Carter (brother)
Katherine Carter (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-38075 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin
Mission: Bombing of the industrial areas
MACR: 2794
More information
F/O Allen C. Carter was employed at the Lamar Hotel in Texas before he enlisted.On their way to the target, the formation crossed another formation that was returning without bombing their target, due to bad weather. The airplane collided head on with plane 42-31112, killing the entire crew of both planes.
There is a contradiction about the exact place where the plane crashed. According to certain documents, it crashed in Itzehoe, but other documents mention that the body of Thomas Robey washed ashore in Busum on 5 May 1944. This can mean that the airplane crashed in the North Sea.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.newspapers.com - The Times (Munster), www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Greg Lampman, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-9, San Angelo Texas.