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WELT, Carroll Orren Jr - Date of
birth
21 September 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York -
Hometown
Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-687787 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
710th Bombardment Squadron,
447th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
3 March 1944 - Place of
death
Wesermünde-Bremerhaven, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Carroll D. Welt (father)
Caroline A. (Miller) Welt (mother)
Miller A. Welt (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31112 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Paper Doll
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial areas
MACR: 2887
More information
2nd Lt Carroll O. Jr. attended college for 3 years.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Pine Camp, New York on 10 September 1942.
He was often teased because of his name, so he used to call himself Junior.
The mission of the day was to bomb industrial areas in Berlin. Due to deteriorating weather and dense contrails, the formations had to abort the mission. They turned back for home and crossed another formation. The airplane collided head-on with airplane 42-38075 and crashed with the loss of all on board both planes.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Eddie Dubiel, Terry Hirsch, Ron Raaijmakers, www.wwiimemorial.com - Missing Aircrew Report 2887, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census
Photo source: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, Eddie Dubiel, www.findagrave.com - andringa / Murray College yearbook, www.facebook.com - Daniel Bon