Donald E Carner

Donald E Carner;

321stBG,445thBS,#41-13129 (No Name or Art Yet)

OPS 258-257 GROUP Mission 220 ORTE' Marshalling Yards. Lt Newkirk's and his Crew shot down by enemy fighters.
321stBG_445thBS----KIA on 21 Feb 1944:
445th BS Mission Summary: (Ops Order 258/mission 257) Group Mission # 220: Today’s mission was to bomb the Orte marshalling yards. It cost this Squadron one plane – Lt. Newkirk and his crew – to attacks by enemy fighters. Sgt. Cecil F. Carson, turret gunner in the Squadron claimed a Focke Wulf 190 in the battle between the B-25’s and about 8 Focke Wulf 190’s.
445th BS: Extracts from Missing Air Crew Report # 2478:
A/C No. 41-13129 (MACR-2478 - shot down at target)
P Newkirk, Renford R., 2Lt - KIA
CP Cook, William K., 2Lt - KIA
N None
B Forney, William A. “Bill”, 2Lt - KIA
E Carner, Donald E., Sgt - KIA
R Carson, Donald (NMI), Sgt - KIA
G Lewis, Harold E., Sgt - KIA

Carner, Donald E., Sgt., Engineer-Gunner, Photographer,   Enlistment Service # :16098268
KILLED IN ACTION 21 February 1944
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946  Name: Donald E Carner   Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)   Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania  State of Residence: Iowa  County or City: Scott
Enlistment Date: 8 Jul 1942   Enlistment State: Illinois  Enlistment City: Chicago   Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA   Private   Source: Civil Life   Education: Grammar school   Civil Occupation: General farmers
Marital Status: Single, without dependents   Height: 61    Weight: 116
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U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945   Name: Donald E Carner   Gender: Male   Race: White   Religion: Catholic
Cemetery Name: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Nicholasville, Kentucky    Disposition: Administrative Decision
Service Branch: Army   Rank: Sergeant   Service Number: 16098268
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006    Name: Donald E Carner   Service Info.: SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II   Death Date: 21 Feb 1944    Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery    Cemetery Address: 4701 Brownsboro Road Louisville, KY 40207   Buried At: Section E Site 286
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs  Nationwide Gravesite Locator   CARNER, DONALD E   SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS
WORLD WAR II   DATE OF DEATH: 02/21/1944    BURIED AT: SECTION E SITE 286   ZACHARY TAYLOR NATIONAL CEMETERY   4701 BROWNSBORO ROAD LOUISVILLE, KY 40207     502) 893-3852
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From: findagrave.com   Donald E Carner    Birth: unknown   Death: Feb. 21, 1944    Burial: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery   Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA    Plot: E, 286-7
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National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C.   Registry~NARA~War Department Files   Honoree Hometown Service Source
Donald E. Carner Scott County, IA U.S. Army National Archives    SGT Donald E. Carner ID: 16098268
Branch of Service: U.S. Army   Hometown: Scott County, IA   Status: KIA

Barbi Ennis Connolly PRINCESSBARBI_B25@msn.com 321st BG Historian in the 57th Bomb Wing.  321st Bomb Group History Team;  Jlhn T Fitzgerald, Patti Johnson and Barbi Connolly.