The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Carl M Fuehrer

816thco-pilot

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Army serial number
O-758552
Rank
2LT (14 June 1944), 2LT (30 June 1944), 2nd Lt. (18 July 1944)
Hometown
ROCHESTER NY; Rochester NY
Also written
Carl Fuehrer
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 86
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
14 June 1944Air Medal10372LT
30 June 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster14602LT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Aboard a lost aircraft

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 10: FUEHRER, Carl M · 18 July 1944
AFFPA-11
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
File 7C
Name of crew member:
FUEHRER, Carl M.
Rank:
2nd Lt.
Serial' number:
0-758552
Position: Crew (Bomber) : Co-Pilot
Did he bail out?
No knowledge
Where?
No knowledge
If not, why not?
No kmowledge
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane Nons
Was he injured?
No knowledge
Where was he when last seen? No knowledge
Any hearsay information:
Nona: I feel that when the ship broin in 5w9, th
e
bomba which were still in the front half of the ship, wore hit
on
the bomb nun, blew up on the way down. 2nd It Hildret th found *recitago in
the area that he felt indicated this.
Source :
2nd. it. ? - Hildreth 816th B.S. 483.dd B.G.
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition He too was up front
and was either bloun to bits or was faund and huried by Gormon cirilione
w
who failed to remive and turn in his identification tags.
Total number of missions of above crew member:
31
Dates and destinations if possible: He started operation 1/12/44 on split, Yugo.
Bombed all of the popular targets in the Be lkang, southern France and
northern Italz. Shot down 7/18/16 on mias ion Monmingon, Gormany
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 7098, page 10 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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