Carl served as a Second Lieutenant & Bombardier on B-24H #42-64463, 759th Bomber Squadron, 459th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 28, 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Architect and also as Single, without dependents.
He was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant on August 26, 1943.
B-24H #42-64463 took off, with a crew of 10, from Giulia Field, Italy on a bombing mission over Budapest, Hungary.
While returning from a successful bombing mission they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire in the tail section which completely disabled the B-24 causing it to spiral to the ground and crashed in Yugoslavia. Three parachutes were seen leaving before the crash. Only one survived (see below).
Carl was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on April 26, 1950.
Service # O-689437
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-64463:
Brunn, Clarence ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, CA
Cohen, Hyman ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, MI
Demilio, Louis A ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, IL
Grygienc, Irwin A ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, IL
Keithly, Ray C ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, TX
Osborne, Gerald C ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, AR
Satterlee, Warren S ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Thilo, Carl F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA
Waterman, James M ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, VT
T/Sgt. Raymond E. Stocker (Engineer) was the only survivor of the crew and he became a POW and survived the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
Special thanks to: ShaneO
for submitting this record for bio updates!
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He resided in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 28, 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Architect and also as Single, without dependents.
He was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant on August 26, 1943.
B-24H #42-64463 took off, with a crew of 10, from Giulia Field, Italy on a bombing mission over Budapest, Hungary.
While returning from a successful bombing mission they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire in the tail section which completely disabled the B-24 causing it to spiral to the ground and crashed in Yugoslavia. Three parachutes were seen leaving before the crash. Only one survived (see below).
Carl was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on April 26, 1950.
Service # O-689437
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-64463:
Brunn, Clarence ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, CA
Cohen, Hyman ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, MI
Demilio, Louis A ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, IL
Grygienc, Irwin A ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, IL
Keithly, Ray C ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, TX
Osborne, Gerald C ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, AR
Satterlee, Warren S ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Thilo, Carl F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA
Waterman, James M ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, VT
T/Sgt. Raymond E. Stocker (Engineer) was the only survivor of the crew and he became a POW and survived the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
Special thanks to: ShaneO
for submitting this record for bio updates!
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Carl served as a Second Lieutenant & Bombardier on B-24H #42-64463, 759th Bomber Squadron, 459th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 28, 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Architect and also as Single, without dependents.
He was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant on August 26, 1943.
B-24H #42-64463 took off, with a crew of 10, from Giulia Field, Italy on a bombing mission over Budapest, Hungary.
While returning from a successful bombing mission they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire in the tail section which completely disabled the B-24 causing it to spiral to the ground and crashed in Yugoslavia. Three parachutes were seen leaving before the crash. Only one survived (see below).
Carl was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on April 26, 1950.
Service # O-689437
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-64463:
Brunn, Clarence ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, CA
Cohen, Hyman ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, MI
Demilio, Louis A ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, IL
Grygienc, Irwin A ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, IL
Keithly, Ray C ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, TX
Osborne, Gerald C ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, AR
Satterlee, Warren S ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Thilo, Carl F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA
Waterman, James M ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, VT
T/Sgt. Raymond E. Stocker (Engineer) was the only survivor of the crew and he became a POW and survived the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
Special thanks to: ShaneO
for submitting this record for bio updates!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 28, 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Architect and also as Single, without dependents.
He was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant on August 26, 1943.
B-24H #42-64463 took off, with a crew of 10, from Giulia Field, Italy on a bombing mission over Budapest, Hungary.
While returning from a successful bombing mission they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire in the tail section which completely disabled the B-24 causing it to spiral to the ground and crashed in Yugoslavia. Three parachutes were seen leaving before the crash. Only one survived (see below).
Carl was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on April 26, 1950.
Service # O-689437
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-64463:
Brunn, Clarence ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, CA
Cohen, Hyman ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, MI
Demilio, Louis A ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, IL
Grygienc, Irwin A ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, IL
Keithly, Ray C ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, TX
Osborne, Gerald C ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, AR
Satterlee, Warren S ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Thilo, Carl F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA
Waterman, James M ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, VT
T/Sgt. Raymond E. Stocker (Engineer) was the only survivor of the crew and he became a POW and survived the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
Special thanks to: ShaneO
for submitting this record for bio updates!
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