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Personal info

Full name
MC CARTY, Martin Winston Jr
Date of birth
22 December 1917
Age
25
Place of birth
Lamkin, Comanche County, Texas
Hometown
Lubbock County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-436089
Rank
Captain
Function
Pilot
Unit
323rd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1943
Place of death
Buldern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 2 19

Immediate family

Members
Martin W. Mc Carty Sr (father)
Eula A. Mc Carty (mother)
Lauda M. Mc Carty (sister)
Victor H. Mc Carty (brother)
Eula C. Mc Carty (sister)
Marjorie (Davenport) Mc Carty (wife)
Henry Mc Carty (son)

Plane data

Serial number
41-24549
Data
Type: B-17
Nickname: Stupen Taket
Destination: Hamm, Germany
MACR: 15596

More information

Capt Martin W. Mc Carty, Jr graduated from Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

The aircraft received a direct flak burst and the pilot gave the bail out order. Only 2 men could leave the plane and it crashed at Buldern/Westfalen, 5 miles N-E of Dulmen.

Source of information: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, Ron Raaijmakers, WWIIMemorial.com, Missing Aircrew Report 15596

Photo source: Jac Engels, 91st Bomb Group, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Lubbock County, Texas