Name:
Oliver J., Jr. Carroll
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-729712
Unit:
41st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
2004-02-27
State:
California
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Plot:
Section 69
Row:
Grave:
3365
Decoration:
Comments:
Bombadier of the B-17 “Hell’s Below” that took off from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK on 29 May 1943 to bomb Rennes, France. The plane was shot down at 1634 by flak and German fighters. LT Carroll survived the crash and was taken prisoner at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan-Silesia. He was from Mills, California.