Carney Lawrence Edward, Jr.

Name:

Lawrence Edward, Jr. Carney

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-697988

Unit:

714th Bomber Squadron, 448th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-06-27

State:

Ohio

Cemetery:

New Albany National Cemetery, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA

Plot:

Section F

Row:

Grave:

Site 196

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Lawrence Edward Carney Jr. was born on February 15, 1922, in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. He was the son of Lawrence Edward Carney and Elizabeth G "Lillian" Farrell Carney. He served in the 714th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and Bombardier of B-24 #42-50344 nicknamed "Red Sox" during World War II.

On June 27, 1944, the "Red Sox" was shot down while on a bombing mission aimed at the Creil aerodrome and the marshaling yard at Creil Petit-Thérain in France’s Oise department. The aircraft departed Station 146 in Seething, Norfolk, UK, at 15:50. Around 18:40, while flying near the commune of Vez—between Les Prouhérons and the Chemin de la Procession, approximately 6 kilometers west of Villers-Cotterêts—it was hit by anti-aircraft fire between its first and second engines. The entire crew managed to bail out before the aircraft went down.

2Lt Carney was Killed in Action after his parachute became entangled with the aircraft’s tail. He is now buried in the New Albany National Cemetery, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA.

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