Karr Jo Robert

Name:

Jo Robert Karr

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Serial Number:

39314257

Unit:

535th Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-04-28

State:

Oregon

Cemetery:

Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial, France

Plot:

B

Row:

3

Grave:

27

Decoration:

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Comments:

Jo Robert Karr was born in 1920 in Boone, Missouri. He was the son of John W Karr and Lucy Ellen Anderson Karr.

Jo served in the 535th Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Technical Sergeant and Aircraft Mechanic on the B-17G #42-38061 "Georgia Rebel II" during World War II. On April 28, 1944, the crew took off at airfield Station 167 in Ridgewell, England, on a mission to bomb the airfield of Avord in France. At around 12:00 PM, the aircraft was shot down by flak. Three crew members were able to bail out before the explosion in flight, but they were taken as prisoners. The rest were killed in action, including TSgt Karr. Their airplane crashed at the commune of Baugny - 8 km northeast of Avord.

TSgt Karr is now buried in the Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial, France. He also has a cenotaph located in the Glenwild Cemetery, West Line, Cass County, Missouri.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net