Eugene F Carter

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Eugene Fred Carter

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army Air Forces

HOMETOWN
Provo, UT
HONORED BY
Mrs. Joyce C. Losee, Daughter ACTIVITY DURING WWII
FLIGHT ENGINEER, GUNNER.
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Carter, Eugene F., T/Sgt., Bombardier, Engineer-Gunner, Enlistment Service # : 39906351
MISSING IN ACTION on 12 May 1944~Returned on 13 May 1944~On May 12th, 1944 while on a mission over a command post at Pico, Italy, Lieutenants' Swanson's plane was hit by flak over the target before dropping his bombs.  A direct hit was scored in the right wing and on the right engine.  As his hydraulic lines were severed, his wheels dropped and his bomb-bay doors remained open.  He left the formation in order to salvo his bombs but succeeded in releasing only six of them.  Meanwhile gasoline from a severed gas line sprayed into the plane.  After leaving the Italian Coast he found it necessary to feather one engine.  The plane was rapidly losing altitude and the crew lightened the ship by throwing over-board all moveable equipment.  Due to the gasoline leak the plane's right engine began to sputter and finally died.  Realizing that he could not make the home base Lieutenant Swanson decided to ditch his plane about 12 miles off the coast of Corsica.  He made an expert landing in the sea and during the two and one half minutes that the plane remained afloat all crew members succeeded in escaping into the life rafts.  Several minor injuries were incurred in the landing.  After rescue by ASR the crew was taken to Bastia aboard a PT boat and spent the next 24 hours in a hospital.  The next day they returned to their home base.

A/C No.  41-30327 (ditched at sea)
P->Swanson, Erle G. "Swanny", Jr., 2Lt
CP->Connor, John C., Jr., 2Lt
N->None
B->Quartuccio, Anthony P., 2Lt
E->Carter, Eugene F., Sgt
R->Denny, Joseph C., Sgt
G->Bishop, William (NMI), Sgt
F->Edwards, Clarence C., S/Sgt

Barbi Ennis Connolly, PRINCESSBARBI_B25@msn.com  321stBG Historian

HONORED BY: Mrs. Joyce C. Losee, Daughter    

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946   
NAME CARTER#EUGENE#F#########  CARTER#EUGENE#F#########  
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 39906351  39906351
RESIDENCE: STATE 96  UTAH  
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 049  UTAH  
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 9689  SALT LAKE CITY UTAH  
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 05  05  
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 01  01  
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 43  43  
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT#  Private  
GRADE: CODE 8  Private  
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION BI#  Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA  
BRANCH: CODE 00  Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA  
FIELD USE AS DESIRED #  #  
TERM OF ENLISTMENT 5  Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency,
plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law  
LONGEVITY ###  ###  
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0  Civil Life  
NATIVITY 96  UTAH  
YEAR OF BIRTH 15  15  
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1  White, citizen  
EDUCATION 4  4 years of high school  
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 760  Attendants, filling stations and parking lots  
MARITAL STATUS 2  Married  
Height:  69
Weight: 148
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 7  Selectees (Enlisted Men)  
CARD NUMBER #  #  
BOX NUMBER 1481  1481  
FILM REEL NUMBER 7.52#  7.52#  
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Eugene Fred Carter Provo, UT U.S. Army Air Forces Mrs. Joyce C. Losee  
Eugene Fred Carter
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U.S. Army Air Forces
HOMETOWN: Provo, UT
HONORED BY: Mrs. Joyce C. Losee, Daughter    

ACTIVITY DURING WWII
FLIGHT ENGINEER, GUNNER.
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Social Security Death Index
Name: Eugene F. Carter
SSN: 528-10-8835
Last Residence: 84606  Provo, Utah, Utah, United States of America
Born: 15 Sep 1915
Died: 2 Mar 2002
State (Year) SSN issued: Utah (Before 1951)
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U.S. Public Records Index
Name: Eugene F Carter
Birth Date: Sep 1915
Address: 632 E 300 N, Provo, Utah 84606-0701 (1993)