Carl served as a Staff Sergeant & Left Waist Gunner on B-24J "Twin Tails" #42-100122, 715th Bomber Squadron, 448th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Wayne County, Utah prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 8, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as being Single, without dependents.
Carl was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 suffered Mechanical problems and caused the plane to run out of gas and ditch in the channel East of Great Yarmouth on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin, Germany during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 39835597
Carl also has a "Cenotaph" in the Loa Cemetery, Loa, Utah. For that record " Click Here "
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-100122:
Allen, Geroe C ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Florida
Bramhall, Aaron R ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Daley, John ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Massachusetts
Fena, William G ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Minnesota
Fiego, Nicholas A ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Pennsylvania
Spadafore, Albert N ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Massachusetts
Taylor, Carl E ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Utah
Totman, Edward F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Ohio
Airmen who survived from B-24J #42-100122:
Hood, James H ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Kansas
Nugent, James T, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New Jersey
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Wayne County, Utah prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 8, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as being Single, without dependents.
Carl was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 suffered Mechanical problems and caused the plane to run out of gas and ditch in the channel East of Great Yarmouth on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin, Germany during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 39835597
Carl also has a "Cenotaph" in the Loa Cemetery, Loa, Utah. For that record " Click Here "
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-100122:
Allen, Geroe C ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Florida
Bramhall, Aaron R ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Daley, John ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Massachusetts
Fena, William G ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Minnesota
Fiego, Nicholas A ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Pennsylvania
Spadafore, Albert N ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Massachusetts
Taylor, Carl E ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Utah
Totman, Edward F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Ohio
Airmen who survived from B-24J #42-100122:
Hood, James H ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Kansas
Nugent, James T, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New Jersey
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Carl served as a Staff Sergeant & Left Waist Gunner on B-24J "Twin Tails" #42-100122, 715th Bomber Squadron, 448th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Wayne County, Utah prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 8, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as being Single, without dependents.
Carl was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 suffered Mechanical problems and caused the plane to run out of gas and ditch in the channel East of Great Yarmouth on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin, Germany during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 39835597
Carl also has a "Cenotaph" in the Loa Cemetery, Loa, Utah. For that record " Click Here "
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-100122:
Allen, Geroe C ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Florida
Bramhall, Aaron R ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Daley, John ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Massachusetts
Fena, William G ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Minnesota
Fiego, Nicholas A ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Pennsylvania
Spadafore, Albert N ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Massachusetts
Taylor, Carl E ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Utah
Totman, Edward F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Ohio
Airmen who survived from B-24J #42-100122:
Hood, James H ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Kansas
Nugent, James T, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New Jersey
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Wayne County, Utah prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 8, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as being Single, without dependents.
Carl was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 suffered Mechanical problems and caused the plane to run out of gas and ditch in the channel East of Great Yarmouth on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin, Germany during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 39835597
Carl also has a "Cenotaph" in the Loa Cemetery, Loa, Utah. For that record " Click Here "
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-100122:
Allen, Geroe C ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Florida
Bramhall, Aaron R ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Daley, John ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Massachusetts
Fena, William G ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Minnesota
Fiego, Nicholas A ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Pennsylvania
Spadafore, Albert N ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Massachusetts
Taylor, Carl E ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Utah
Totman, Edward F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Ohio
Airmen who survived from B-24J #42-100122:
Hood, James H ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Kansas
Nugent, James T, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New Jersey
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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